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Harriet Wran emerges from rehabilitation ahead of sentencing

Sitting hunched over in an outdoor smoking area, this is the first time Harriet Wran has been seen since checking into drug rehab a month ago. The troubled daughter of former premier Neville Wran will be sentenced next month for drug possession.

Harriet Wran leaves court

Sitting hunched over in an outdoor smoking area, this is the first time Harriet Wran has been seen since checking into drug rehab a month ago.

The troubled daughter of former premier Neville Wran will this week complete the 28-day program she agreed to attend after being arrested for drug possession on March 27.

She was initially ordered to live at her mother Jill Wran’s farm at Ravensdale, on the Central Coast, while she studied agribusiness at New England University.

However, she was granted bail until her May 15 sentence hearing and had her conditions altered so she could enter rehab in a bid to reduce her sentence.

Harriet Wran is seen in the smoking yard of a Sydney drug and alcohol residential rehab clinic this week. Picture: Diimex
Harriet Wran is seen in the smoking yard of a Sydney drug and alcohol residential rehab clinic this week. Picture: Diimex

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Wran has been living at the drug and alcohol abuse facility in Sydney’s inner-west since her arrest. However, it is unclear why she was accepted into the clinic, which state’s on its website it does not take patients who are currently before the courts.

The treatment Wran has undergone includes group sessions, tailored individual counselling, case management and self-help meetings. Patients are also subjected to random urine and breath tests.

Wran looked forlorn while sitting alone. Picture: Diimex
Wran looked forlorn while sitting alone. Picture: Diimex
Harriet Wran leaves Wyong court in April after pleading guilty. Picture: John Grainger
Harriet Wran leaves Wyong court in April after pleading guilty. Picture: John Grainger
Wran talks to the media supported by her mother Jill Wran after being released from Silverwater Women's Correctional Facility in September, 2016. Picture: Renee Nowytarger
Wran talks to the media supported by her mother Jill Wran after being released from Silverwater Women's Correctional Facility in September, 2016. Picture: Renee Nowytarger

Wran, 30, admitted to possessing ice on April 2, after being arrested at a service station in Wyong, on the Central Coast, on March 27.

Officers searched her car and found 0.96g of crystal methamphetamine, as well as drug paraphernalia and suspected stolen items including six credit and debit cards, three mobile phones, six laptops, an iPad, unopened mail and an academic transcript.

The incident took place three years after she was released from jail over her role in the robbery and murder of Sydney drug dealer Daniel McNulty in 2014.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/harriet-wran-emerges-from-rehabilitation-ahead-of-sentencing/news-story/f60fa78d5b767cc2af897a77189aa3db