A St David’s man charged in connection with a mass brawl at a Hamilton gas station admitted causing grievous bodily harm during the fight.Umdae Woolridge and five other men were allegedly heard threatening Tulio Escolastica as they dragged him out of Esso City Tigermarket, saying: “We are going to kill you.”The 22-year-old had denied all involvement in the fight, but days after being remanded for breaching his bail on two occasions, he pleaded guilty to one count of assault, causing grievous bodily harm.He maintained that he was not guilty of causing actual bodily harm to a female, Shannon Ingham, or causing wilful damage to food and shelving units in the store during the same incident.The Crown offered no evidence on those two charges.Crown counsel Geoffrey Faiella told the court that Mr Escolastica and Ms Ingham were trying to gain entry into the store around 2.20am last August 12 when a man attempted to block the door. An argument quickly turned physical.Six men including Woolridge joined the fight, attacking Mr Escolastica. Woolridge punched the complainant’s face and body before the group attempted to drag the victim out of the store.Members of the group were heard to say: “We are going to kill you. We are going to get you. We are going to f*** you up. This is the wrong clique to mess with.”The victims were hesitant to speak with police following the attack, but the entire incident was recorded on CCTV cameras.Woolridge pleaded not guilty when first charged last October.He was released on $3,000 bail but brought back to court in January for breaching his bail conditions.He was given bail again, under the condition he wear an electronic monitoring device.He returned to court on May 25 after the monitoring device showed he breached his 10.30pm curfew.Woolridge told the court that he was trying to get a ride home the monitoring device revealed that he had been at Swinging Doors and The Beach until his arrest at 12.34am.The device also recorded him moving at 21mph between the two bars.Woolridge was subsequently remanded, and returned to Magistrates’ Court this week to change his plea.He admitted being involved in the fight but denied the Crown’s version of events, telling the court he only threw one punch to protect his friend.He said this was the first time he has been in trouble for a violent offence but Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner pointed out he has a past conviction for robbery.“Do you know what robbery is?” Mr Warner asked, explaining that by definition the crime involves violence or the threat of violence.Woolridge responded that on that occasion all he had done was pull headphones from someone’s ears.“That [type of] robbery I can’t even consider robbery,” he stated.His stepfather told the court Woolridge was a father and a good man who is negatively influenced by his friends and his alcohol consumption.He said if Woolridge was sent to Westgate he would “come back with a degree in Criminology 101”.Mr Warner ordered a social inquiry report and released Woolridge on $6,000 bail. Conditions of bail require Woolridge to wear an electronic monitoring device, obey a curfew and stay away from liquor licensed premises.He further warned that if Woolridge breached his bail conditions again, he would be remanded and his bail would be forfeited.The matter is expected to return to Magistrates’ Court for sentencing on July 27.