Mates Benjamin Nesbitt and Mark Mumford plead guilty to Pooraka home invasion

An early morning noise complaint prompted two mates to break into their neighbour’s home, stab a man and threaten to kill a pregnant mother and her child.

Two of the three men charged over a violent home invasion – where police say they threatened a pregnant mother and violently assaulted her partner – have admitted to the the crimes.

A third man plans to plead not guilty and is now headed to fight the charges at trial.

On Tuesday afternoon, Benjamin Thomas Nesbitt, Robert John Baker and Mark John Mumford all appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court via video link from custody.

The trio were each charged with aggravated causing harm with intent, aggravated serious criminal trespass and threaten to kill after allegedly barging into Nesbitt’s neighbours home in the early hours of Thursday October 5 last year.

At about 1.23am on Thursday morning, SA Police were called to a unit block on South Terrace in Pooraka where they found a man with knife injuries to his arms.

Prosecutors allege the incident occurred when the trio, armed with knives, busted into Mr Nesbitt’s neighbour’s home after he’d received complaints about his music.

“The victims in this matter live next-door to Mr Nesbitt. (The 24-year-old woman) is currently 12 weeks pregnant and they have a 2 year old son,” a prosecutor previously told the court.

Mark John Mumford pleaded guilty to the attack. Pictures: Facebook

Benjamin Thomas Nesbitt pleaded guilty to the charges. Pictures: Facebook

He will remain in custody ahead of sentencing later this year. Pictures: Facebook

“At about 11.30pm on Wednesday, (the man) asked the neighbours if they could turn down their music, and (the woman) heard someone say to come out the front.

“(The man) then went outside and saw their neighbour, Mr Nesbitt, holding a baseball bat. They met each other in the middle of the street and engaged in a fight, but stopped when Mr Nesbitt’s child appeared from his unit.

“The woman then heard Mr Nesbitt’s partner making a phone call saying words to the effect of ‘get all your mates around here,’ but the victims returned to their unit.

The court heard she then called police, but the men forced their way through the wooden door and cornered the two in a bedroom.

“Male 1 used a knife to slash both of (the man’s) arms. It was a pocket knife with a curved blade. A second male pushed the woman into the corner and threatened to kill her if she called the police.

The man stabbed during a terrifying home invasion at Pooraka. Picture: 7NEWS

Three people were charged over the incident. Picture: 7NEWS

“A third held a steak knife against (the woman’s) throat, making similar threats to the second man, before he ran the blade across her cheeks stating ‘that‘s your boyfriend’s blood on your face’.”

Prosecutors said one of the men told the woman they would “come back and kill her son” if she called police.

In court on Tuesday, both Nesbitt and Mumford pleaded guilty to the charges, but Mr Baker told magistrate Simon Smart he would plead not guilty.

Nesbitt and Mumford will face the District Court in for sentencing in May, and Mr Baker will next appear in June to set a date for trial.