Murder-for-hire charge against AC/DC drummer now dropped, still faces other accusations

Murder-for-hire charge against AC/DC drummer now dropped, still faces other accusations
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Phil Rudd, the drummer of legendary rock band AC/DC, is no longer being charged with attempting to hire a hitman, for which he was arrested this week. However, he still faces charges of allegedly threatening to kill, and for possession of methamphetamine and cannabis, The New Zealand Herald reports.

Rudd's attorney Paul Mabey, announced in a statement that the prosecutor's office had determined there was not sufficient evidence to justify the charge by police of attempting to procure a murder:

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