One of the three people charged with murdering a Lower Hutt man has today pleaded guilty.
Stuart Graham Wilton originally denied the charge but changed his plea in the High Court at Wellington and admitted his role in Matthew Stevens' death.
Stevens' body was found next to his car on the Paekakariki Hill Rd in November last year.
Justice Simon France convicted Wilton and gave him a three-strikes warning.
The Stevens family said in a statement given to the Dominion Post they would never come to terms with what had happened.