Overview
- The girls, aged 16 and 17, entered the pleas in the NSW Supreme Court before Justice Richard Cavanagh after a week of negotiations.
- The agreement with prosecutors averted a scheduled 25-day murder trial and the jury panel was discharged in the afternoon.
- Two defendants remain in custody and two remain on bail, with the Crown not seeking to vary existing conditions.
- A sentence hearing is set for 15 December and final sentences are expected in February, with Juvenile Justice background reports ordered.
- The confrontation was arranged on social media and involved knives in Warrawong, where Kristie McBride was stabbed and later died; Carly McBride earlier admitted affray and received a two-year community corrections order.