article_snippet.sent: Rudd, 60, was charged with two counts of threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and of cannabis, which stem from a police raid on his waterfront North Island mansion on November 6.
article_snippet.sent: The case has been adjourned until June 26 when Phil Rudd's lawyer will apply for a discharge without conviction .
article_snippet.sent: Phil Rudd, 60, appears in court on Tuesday on charges of threatening to kill and possession of meth and marijuana at Tauranga District Court.
article_snippet.sent: One 'threatening to kill' charge has been dropped and Rudd's lawyer has been remanded Phil Rudd on bail, with existing conditions, until sentencing on June 26.
article_snippet.sent: Phil Rudd was also initially charged with "attempting to procure murder", but it was dropped after prosecutors decided there was insufficient evidence to proceed.
article_snippet.sent: Tauranga District Court had earlier heard that Phil Rudd wanted a former security guard 'taken out'.
article_snippet.sent: A summary of facts released by prosecutors last year alleged that Phil Rudd threatened to kill a man and Phil Rudd daughter in a phone call in September.
article_snippet.sent: Phil Rudd also allegedly called a business associate and detailed what Phil Rudd wanted done to Phil Rudd.
article_snippet.sent: The document alleged that when police raided Phil Rudd's home police found 0.71 grams (0.025 ounces) of methamphetamine and 130 grams (4.5 ounces) of cannabis.
highlights_snippet.sent: Phil Rudd was set to stand trial on 'threatening to kill' and drugs charges in NZ court on Tuesday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Phil Rudd will be sentenced on June 26 .