'Hit' conspirator likened to Walter Mitty after bizarre extortion plot

Keona Watson, who has pleaded guilty to charges that include making a demand with a threat to kill. Picture: Facebook

A "naive" Canberra woman has admitted being part of a bizarre extortion plot, in which her co-offenders demanded a man pay $25,000 to prevent a "hit" on his housemate's friend.

"I was going to say the offender is a bit like Walter Mitty, but that's a bit unfair to Walter Mitty," Keona Rosalie Watson's barrister told the ACT Supreme Court on Friday.