The alleged co-offender of Richmond premiership player Marlion Pickett in a series of burglaries has pleaded guilty in a Perth court.
Kurtley Thorne appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday via video link from Hakea Prison, admitting his involvement in the crime spree.
Thorne pleaded guilty to charges which included those laid upon Pickett – aggravated burglary, stealing and property damage.
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It was alleged the pair stole over $300,000 in a series of commercial burglaries, including stealing from safes at currency exchange businesses, across last December and January in WA.
The offences were alleged to have occurred while Pickett was back home visiting family and recovering from hand surgery.
Pickett has not yet entered a plea, and will appear before the court on Wednesday December 6, but his manager stated upon his arrest Pickett would be defending himself against the charges.
The 31-year-old was arrested following Richmond’s game against Fremantle in Perth this past June.
The court was told Thorne “was in the company of another person” when he admitted stealing over $18,000 worth of property from a business in Bindoon, as well as from an IGA in the same town.
Thorne also pleaded guilty to being one of two people who stole around $320,000 from a safe at a money transfer company in Girrawheen.
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