Milla Jade Bennett guilty of terrorising ex-boyfriend, sex scam, police evasion in Bundaberg

She was critically injured in a horror crash but now, this Queensland teen is racking up her own driving rap sheet and returning to the spotlight for her role in raunchy and rage-fuelled crimes.

Less than a year after the horror crash in which she sustained significant head and internal juries, Milla Jade Bennett went on a spree of serious offences culminating in three police chases throughout Bundaberg.

A teenager who suffered critical injuries in a horror Kalkie crash from which the driver fled the scene has fronted court on charges of assaulting an ex-boyfriend and luring victims into sex scams.

Milla Jade Bennett, 20, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to charges including evading police, going armed so as to cause fear and receiving tainted property.

According to police documents tendered in court, Bennett went to a house in Kepnock in May 2023 with three other people.

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The court heard one of the occupants of the house was Bennett’s ex-boyfriend, who at the time was having an extended argument with her current boyfriend.

On arriving at the property in her Hyundai I30, Bennett brandished a metal baseball bat at her ex-boyfriend and chased him around the street.

Bennett brandished a metal baseball bat at her ex-boyfriend and chased him around a Walkervale St, which she later admitted caused him to be fearful along with other witnesses to the incident.

About six weeks later, Bennett was involved in a scam run through advertising on the classified website Locanto.

The ad purported to be for an 18-year-old woman named “Caitlyn”, a pseudonym used by an associate of Bennett’s, offering paid sex.

The court heard that after messaging “Caitlyn” through Locanto’s messaging system, an unidentified male (not Bennett’s ex-boyfriend) and “Caitlyn” negotiated a price of $700 for two hours of unprotected sexual intercourse.

The victim was told services would be “whatever you like x”.

According to court documents the victim and “Caitlyn” then arranged to meet later the same day at “Into Love”, an adult shop in Bundaberg South, in order to buy some sex toys.

Bennett and her friend drove to the adult shop in Bennett’s Hyundai I30 and met the victim, where “Caitlyn” asked the victim to show her the $700 in cash.

When he did so, “Caitlyn” grabbed the money and handed $600 to Bennett, keeping $100 for herself.

After luring the victim into a Bundaberg sex shop, Bennett's friend grabbed $700 from him and gave $600 to Bennett.

After leaving the shop claiming they would go to another store with the victim, Bennett and “Caitlyn” got into the Hyundai I30 and locked the doors.

The victim asked them to give his money back, but the pair drove away.

When interviewed by police later, Bennett said she was just driving her friend around on the day and did not know about the scam.

The court heard she had returned $400 of the $600 which “Caitlyn” had given her but kept $200 for herself.

Over the next two months Bennett was involved in three police chases, evading police in Bargara, on the Bruce Hwy in South Isis, and Bundaberg East, with her car reaching speeds of 140 km/h.

Police discontinued pursuit on all occasions.

Bennett was finally arrested on September 4 in relation to other matters.

Bennett's defence lawyer said she is still suffering the effects from the horror crash in Kalkie September 2022.

Bennett’s defence lawyer, Matt Maloy, told the court his client suffered significant injuries in the Kalkie crash, including a loss of motion in her left hand which still requires treatment, and a head injury which had a significant impact on her short-term memory.

Magistrate John McInnes took into account Bennett’s youth and the fact that she had co-operated with police and shown remorse for her offending, although he said the evasion offences involving speeding were serious.

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“As someone who has been a victim of a car crash herself, I would have thought you would have thought better than doing something like that,” Mr McInnes said.

Bennett was sentenced to six months jail with immediate parole eligibility for three counts of evasion, two counts of possessing utensils or pipes etc that had been used and one count of going armed so as to cause fear and receiving tainted property.