AC/DC's Phil Rudd 'threatened to kill man and daughter in phone call'
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Version 0 of 1. A phone call in which Phil Rudd allegedly threatened to kill a man and his daughter has formed the basis for the AC/DC drummer’s court charges. Rudd, 60, was before the courts on charges of threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. The Tauranga-based musician has denied the charges. In a summary released on Friday, the crown gave a brief outline of what led to the charges. It said Rudd made a phone call to a man he knew, whose name is suppressed, on 26 September, threatening to kill both him and his daughter. This was consistent with another phone call made by Rudd earlier that morning, the outline said. It said Rudd denied threatening to kill anybody and denied making any of the phone calls he was alleged to have made when he was interviewed by police. The drug charges were laid after police executed a search warrant at Rudd’s home on 6 November. Police said Rudd had 0.71g of methamphetamine and 130g of cannabis in his possession. Rudd was also charged with attempting to procure a murder when he appeared in court in November, but this was dropped by the crown solicitor the following day. Rudd was back in court on Thursday after a fracas with another man on a Tauranga street. He was given an extra bail condition ordering him not to take illicit drugs. The threatening to kill case is due back in Tauranga district court on 10 February, when a date for a judge-alone trial is likely to be set. |