"I wish to plead guilty," he said.

Mercenary Gerard Michael Little outside Brisbane Magistrates Court Credit:Kim Stephens

He told reporters outside the court he was looking forward to returning home to his family.

Fairfax Media revealed last year that Little was part of a bizarre plot involving a fake British baron, the West Papuan separatist movement and a Ukranian military training camp.

He was arrested at the Brisbane International Airport in December as he tried to board a flight to Papua New Guinea, from where he intended to travel to West Papua. He has been in custody since then.

Crown prosecutor Shane Hunter tendered 82 witnesses statements as evidence.

Gerard Michael Little: 45-year-old grandfather charged with plotting armed resistance to the Indonesian Government.

Magistrate Orazio Rinaudo told Little one of the conditions of his bail was a ban on any contact with a witness.

Outside court, Little’s lawyer Nick Dore said his client did not wish to comment on the case while awaiting his next court appearance.

Little will be sentenced in the District Court on a date to be fixed.

- with Kim Stephens and AAP