Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is headed back to court after being arrested for breaching an alcohol ban that was part of his home detention.
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Today, Judge Robert Woolfe remanded him on bail to reappear for trial on 24 November.
At his last appearance on July 20, Judge Louis Bidois remanded Rudd on bail with the new condition that he can be subjected to testing for drugs and alcohol when requested by police. However, drinking alcohol would likely be considered on the lower end of potential breaches.
Asked by reporters after the hearing if he was nervous about what lay ahead in the case, Rudd replied: “No, the only thing I’m nervous about is I don’t, I don’t actually don’t know what’s going on”.
Rudd is under an alcohol ban as one of the conditions of an eight-month sentence of home detention after being convicted of threatening to kill an employee.
Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd at an earlier court appearance at Tauranga District Court. He typically doesn’t wear dentures, sometimes making his soft-spoken answers hard to understand.
The prosecution said Rudd had admitted to the charge when arrested two weeks ago and wanted an immediate hearing, but a defense lawyer disputed the facts and said it would take time to gather witness statements.
Rudd, who’s interesting towards his conviction and sentence, can’t depart his giant waterfront home in Tauranga, about 200 kms (125 miles)…
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It is unclear whether Rudd has any future with AC/DC, which is now touring with Welsh drummer Chris Slade.
