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But their lawyers told Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday their clients would only plead guilty if the majority of the charges against them were dropped.
Lawyers for the three accused men spent much of Tuesday negotiating with prosecutors in meeting rooms, until lead prosecutor Craig McConaghy returned to the courtroom late in the afternoon to inform the magistrate the trio planned to plead guilty to two counts of intentionally causing injury.
However, Magistrate Duncan Reynolds was told the guilty plea was conditional on prosecutors withdrawing the other charges, which include the more serious offences of reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence.
Disturbing video recorded by a bystander shows a man in a Richmond beanie repeatedly punch and kick a man on the ground, while two men in the background assault another man.
www.theage.com.au
The Age article has the video of the attack
Prosecutors shouldn't do any deals - who cares if they plead guilt or not
Press play on the video and then give them the maximum penalty possible when they don't plead guilty
Lawyers for the three accused men spent much of Tuesday negotiating with prosecutors in meeting rooms, until lead prosecutor Craig McConaghy returned to the courtroom late in the afternoon to inform the magistrate the trio planned to plead guilty to two counts of intentionally causing injury.
However, Magistrate Duncan Reynolds was told the guilty plea was conditional on prosecutors withdrawing the other charges, which include the more serious offences of reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence.
Disturbing video recorded by a bystander shows a man in a Richmond beanie repeatedly punch and kick a man on the ground, while two men in the background assault another man.
Walker brothers and friend strike plea deal over post-AFL match bashing
Three men, two of them the sons of a prominent QC, have struck a deal with prosecutors that could see the most serious charges against them over a vicious post-AFL match bashing withdrawn.
The Age article has the video of the attack
Prosecutors shouldn't do any deals - who cares if they plead guilt or not
Press play on the video and then give them the maximum penalty possible when they don't plead guilty
