AN Edgeworth man has admitted to shooting a former family friend in both legs during a confrontation that detectives said escalated from a planned fist fight into a bushland ambush.
Brayden James Leschinkohl, now 28, had last year denied all charges relating to the kneecapping of a 39-year-old man off O'Donnelltown Road, at West Wallsend, and was expected to face a trial in Newcastle District Court next month.