The two teenagers accused of murdering a man at an Auckland motel have been released on electronically-monitored bail.
Leonard Nattrass-Berquist and Beauen Daniel George Wallace-Loretz, both 17, appeared today in the High Court at Auckland over the death of 54-year-old Ihaia Gillman-Harris on December 27 at the Ascot Epsom Motel.
On January 7, the pair were denied bail but their applications for electronically-monitored (EM) bail - on stricter terms - were granted by Justice Mark Woolford this afternoon in front of a public gallery packed with family and friends of the teens.
EM bail requires a defendant to remain at an approved address at all times and be monitored by Corrections for up to 24 hours a day.
For an application to be granted, a judge must be satisfied that the public, witnesses, victims and the people who will share the address are safe from the defendant.