Teens plead guilty to downgraded charges over Riverland school massacre plot

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Teens plead guilty to downgraded charges over Riverland school massacre plot
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Two teenagers charged over a plot to carry out a massacre at a Riverland school plead guilty to aggravated threatening life.

Two teenagers charged over a plot to carry out a massacre at a Riverland school have pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of aggravatedThe teenagers were arrested in November 2017 over a plan to attack the school with guns and explosivesThey were remanded in custody ahead of a pre-sentencing hearing next month

But today prosecutors withdrew the conspiring to murder charges and both teens pleaded guilty to the downgraded charges. In July last year, lawyers for the two teenagers applied to have the charges thrown out of court, saying their clients were just"talking tough". Lawyer Greg Mead SC has previously told the court in July that the accused were just"two moody teenagers expressing their dissatisfaction with their lives and the world"."Is this serious criminal behaviour or is it two youths acting tough?"

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