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One of five teenagers charged over a series of violent attacks on the North Shore has been denied bail because he is believed to pose too high a risk of reoffending.
Judge Mark Perkins at North Shore District Court said he was also concerned Clinton John McGinty, 19, could interfere with witnesses or complainants in the case.
McGinty and three other Glenfield teenagers have been charged over two attacks last week at Milford and Takapuna - which left two young couples with serious head injuries, including fractured skulls - and two other attacks before and after.
In court today, Judge Perkins called McGinty and his co-accused "a gang of thugs".
He remanded McGinty in custody until his next court appearance on February 11.
Harlem Haunui Kirton and Jono Paul Wilson - both 18 - were remanded in custody until the same date after declining to apply for bail.
Ruaumoko Taiapa, 18, was remanded in custody by consent until February 25 over the attacks on January 15 this year.
A fifth teenager charged in relation to the incidents, a 16-year-old from Piha, west of Auckland, who has name suppression, is having his case heard by the North Shore Youth Court.
In the first of the attacks on two couples, a 20-year-old woman and her 25-year-old partner were injured after allegedly being hit with a softball bat as they sat in a car at Milford Beach.
In the second, on Lake Rd, Takapuna about 4am, another couple, also aged 20 and 25, were allegedly set upon by a group of men, who pulled up in a car beside them.
McGinty and Kirton have been jointly charged with intent to injure.
Kirton, Wilson and Taiapa have been charged with four counts of aggravated robbery and four counts of grievous bodily harm with intent to cause harm.
Kirton was also charged with common assault.
