Nathanial Miller jailed in Adelaide District Court for breaking in and robbing people

Two drunk men left a vulnerable couple terrified for their safety after they went on a rampage and broke into houses and cars in the middle of the night.

An intruder told a homeowner with a sick husband “I won’t hurt you” after she found him in her house looking for things to steal.

Nathanial Phillip Timothy Miller, 23, left his victims terrified for their safety after breaking into their houses in the middle of the night.

The Adelaide District Court heard Miller and his co-offender, Anthony Scott Young, broke into a Findon house in the early hours of June 20, 2020.

The victim was asleep when his house alarm was activated by the garage roller door.

He went downstairs and saw Young and tried to close the internal door.

Young and the victim struggled over the door before the man managed to shut and lock it.

His wife rang the police and they found that both of their cars had their windows smashed and a garage door remote was missing.

Miller and Young then broke into another house a short time later.

The victim noticed the hallway light on and when she got up to investigate she saw Miller standing in the hallway.

“She asked you what you wanted, to which you responded ‘I won’t hurt you’,” Judge Julie McIntyre said during sentencing.

The victim went to check on her sick husband and found his bedside drawer open with the contents strewn on the bed.

Young and Miller also broke a van window with a screwdriver and rummaged through it.

Police arrested the duo shortly after.

Miller, of Findon, pleaded guilty to multiple offences, including serious criminal trespass and theft.

Nathanial Miller was jailed for serious criminal trespass and theft. Picture: Facebook

”To be woken in the middle of the night by intruders is terrifying, particularly for vulnerable people such as (the second victim) and her sick husband,” Judge McIntyre said.

“People have the right to feel safe in their own homes, and what you and Mr Young did undermines that feeling of security in the worst possible way.”

Judge McIntyre said she had no explanation why the duo committed the crimes on the night, other than that they were both drunk.

The court heard Miller, who was remorseful for his offending, hopes to gain employment in the building and construction industry after his release.

The court heard Miller grew up in Port Lincoln and moved to Adelaide after his father’s death.

“You fell in with a bad crowd and you began taking drugs,” Judge McIntyre said.

She sentenced Miller to five years and three months jail, with a non-parole period of two years and four months.

“You cannot break into people’s houses to steal things no matter what is going on in your life,” Judge McIntyre said.

“People are entitled to be safe in their own homes.”

The sentence was backdated to June 20, 2020.