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guilty pleas
Coverage of guilty pleas in the Nexus archive.
- Two men plead guilty in ATM repair technician robberies; sentenced to 35 years
Two men pleaded guilty to armed robberies targeting ATM repair technicians and were sentenced to 35 years in total. The crimes involved stealing from technicians who service ATMs.
- Christchurch gunman fails in bid to appeal against guilty pleas in New Zealand court
Brenton Tarrant, the Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslims in the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, failed to appeal his guilty pleas. New Zealand's high court dismissed his claim that poor mental health and harsh prison conditions forced his admissions, calling the bid 'utterly devoid of merit'.