Harriet Wran’s ex-boyfriend Michael Lee says she left him to rot in jail

IN AN interview from jail, Harriet Wran’s boyfriend (Michael Lee) is claiming his girlfriend is only free because of her famous name, after their botched drugs deal ended in murder.

Harriet Wran heads out on this hot Monday. Exclusive picture: John Grainger

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EX-CON Harriet Wran and convicted killer Michael Lee were falling in love and planned to move in together before their world fell apart with the murder of drug dealer Daniel McNulty, Lee told The Daily Telegraph from behind bars.

Lee admits he didn’t feel an instant attraction for the daughter of former NSW premier Neville Wran, saying “she was skinny and on ice”, but they bonded over their mutual addiction and love of books and planned to move into a unit in Surry Hills.

Harriet Wran heads to the beach on a hot Sydney day. Exclusive picture: John Grainger

He said Ms Wran, now 28, was intrigued by the criminal Asian underworld.

“She told me she loved hard Asian men and had a sleeve on her left arm with a massive dragon tattoo,” he said.

“I was her first proper criminal boyfriend, I had done time before and she loved that about me, you could tell.”

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Before he was jailed for 13 years for the murder of McNulty in August 2014, Lee had done time for burglary.

He said he had smoked marijuana since he was 12 and abused cocaine as a teenager.

“She (Wran) would take G, the pink liquid drug, and inject or smoke ice, and we’d have pretty wild sex,” Lee said.

“I felt a lot for her, she told me several times she was falling in love and we were looking to get a place together.

“I really hoped it would last but the reality was it was never going to.”

Michael Lee, Harriet Wran’s former boyfriend. Picture: Chris Pavlich

Harriet Wran talks to the media supported by her mother Jill after being released from Silverwater Women’s Correctional Facility last September. Picture: Renee Nowytarger

Having dabbled in drugs at university and mixing in high social circles, Wran developed a growing addiction culminating in several unsuccessful stints in rehab.

Her father’s death in April 2014 sent her into a downward spiral, which ultimately led to her being jailed for her role in McNulty’s sordid death.

“She had run away from rehab and was a real mess,” Lee said.

“I thought I was a mad c... for pulling Harriet Wran. I know we were mismatched — I’ve been a crim all my life, and she’s the daughter of the former premier.”