AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleads guilty over threat to kill man

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to threatening to kill a man who used to work for him and possessing methamphetamine and marijuana.

Rudd faces up to seven years in prison on the threat to kill charge, although his lawyer Craig Tuck said the prosecution case boiled down to an angry phone call and he was seeking a remedy that would involve no legal consequences for Rudd.

Rudd acknowledged in a court summary of facts that he had offered large amounts of cash, vehicles and a house to an associate after asking him to have the victim “taken out” and that he also directly said to the victim he was going to kill him.