Lavington incident had resulted in two men being prosecuted

But that remains contingent on ongoing negotiations between the defence and the Director of Public Prosecutions succeeding.

A key point in the cases against Giuseppe Gugliandolo and Joshua Daniel Vanderventer taking this course, after seemingly destined for trial, is the dropping of the far more serious charges leveled against the pair.

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Defence lawyer Abbas Soukie, appearing in Albury Local Court this week via a video link to Sydney, said he expected the charges of kidnapping and armed robbery against Gugliandolo, for example, to be withdrawn by the time of his next mention date of September 1.

"There is some prospect (the case) may remain in the Local Court," Mr Soukie told magistrate Richard Funston.

Neither man fronted court for the mentions, which had been expected to involve committals for trial in the District Court.

Gugliandolo faces a range of charges over allegations he wielded both a tomahawk and a knife during a string of offences across Albury and Lavington on October 28.

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He was immediately refused bail for being "too much of a risk" to be let out of custody, with a further bid for bail just a few weeks ago knocked back by Mr Funston.

The initial allegations spelled out to his first bail hearing were that Gugliandolo approached a man in Sunwood Drive, Lavington, armed with a tomahawk and knife, before forcing the other man into the house, cutting his wrist with the knife and demanding the keys to his BMW sedan.

A day later, it was alleged that the stolen car was involved in a second incident in Olive Street where police claimed the driver gestured to another driver to pull over.

It was claimed Gugliandolo then produced a knife, which he threw at the other driver's passenger.

DPP representative Alexander Dixon told the court this week that negotiations were continuing.

The charges against Gugliandolo that are likely to be withdrawn include armed robbery with an offensive weapon and take person in company with the intention of committing a serious indictable offence.

But he would still face charges including using an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence, disqualified driving, aggravated robbery and take or detain in company with intent to get advantage occasioning actual bodily harm.