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Serieus?! Dus dat waren de beoogde slachtoffers?
Malcolm Young is zeker ook triest. Dementie --> maar ook een lange alcoholverslaving achter de rug. Vind het niet meer triest dan Phil Rudd, de drummer op dit album en die tientallen jaren de beroemde steady drums verzorgde.
The charges
According to a court summary Rudd has admitted to, the matter stemmed back to August last year.
At this point, Rudd was angry the launch of his solo album, Head Job, did "not go well", leading him to sack a number of employees - including his would-be victim with whom he was "particularly angry" with.
On September 25, at around 8.12pm, Rudd called an associate holidaying in Australia and said he wanted the victim "taken out".
When asked what he meant by that, Rudd said he wanted them "taken care of" because "they were a bunch of f**ers and c**ts".
In another call to the same associate, while he was still in Australia, he offered him $200,000, a motorbike, one of his cars or a house.
The associate took this to mean as payment for carrying out his earlier request.
On September 26, at around 8.27am, Rudd called the victim to ask if he "was on" today.
The victim replied yes, before Rudd later responded "I'm going to come over and kill you" and then repeated "I'm going to come over and kill you, you f*** c***."
On September 28, at 4.10pm, Rudd again called the victim, who hung up.
This happened again the following day.
The court heard that as a result of the threats, the victim was "genuinely very fearful for his safety".