Three women are facing charges, including kidnapping and threatening to kill, after a 17-year-old girl was allegedly dragged into a car, beaten and dumped outside Opotiki.
Leah Shaw, 20, Kelly Patricia Tangimereana Purewa, 32, and Moewaka Biddle-Sevaki, 21, appeared in Whakatane District Court on Monday.
They have been bailed to appear in Opotiki District Court on October 11 over the incident which took place early on Sunday.
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