Mia Daly: social media influencer faces court for attack on Carlie Beckhouse
A glamorous young woman (pictured left), who promotes nutrition supplements on social media, has faced court after she ‘keyed’ her former boyfriend’s sister in the face on the Central Coast — only for the influencer and her ex to reunite in secret, a court has heard.
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Relationships are “tricky things” but a young woman has saved driving further rifts through a family after she pleaded guilty to assaulting her off-again, on-again boyfriend’s sister with a set of keys, a court has heard.
Mia Daly, of Mardi, faced Wyong Local Court on Tuesday where on the day of her defended hearing, pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
An agreed set of amended facts, tendered in court, state the 20-year-old was in a relationship with Braedan Beckhouse and lived with his family at Tacoma South until the relationship broke down and she was asked to leave.
“Since the end of their relationship both the victim and Braedan have blocked the accused phone number and social media accounts,” the facts read.
About 9pm on Monday, January 27, Mr Beckhouse received a text message from a friend saying Ms Daly was going to his house to collect some of her belongings.
When she arrived Mr Beckhouse’s sister Carlie Beckhouse met Ms Daly on the driveway with a box of her clothing and told her to leave.
“The accused told the victim she wished to speak to Braedan and attempted to walk towards the house, the victim repeatedly told her `No’,” the facts state.
“The victim prevented the accused from walking further onto the property by holding her hands out to the side and placing her body in front of the accused. The accused continued to barge the victim while holding the box. The victim pushed the accused back to remove her from the property.
“The accused then dropped the box and moved towards the victim, at the same time the accused was holding her car keys. The victim felt a hard object hit her on the face near her left eyebrow. Due to the manner in which the accused was holding the keys, they have come in contact with the victim’s face causing a minor injury.”
Ms Beckhouse’s mother came to her assistance and Ms Daly was again told to leave.
“The accused was heard to yell, `Braedan needs to come talk to me, he needs to come outside’.” the facts read.
“By this stage the victim walked back inside the house and realised her face was bleeding near her eyebrow.”
Ms Daly’s solicitor, leading Central Coast criminal lawyer Brad Kernick, told the court she suffered from anxiety and “has difficulty speaking in public”.
“She’s in a relationship with the victim’s brother, that ended, but that’s back on now without the victim knowing,” he told the court.
“The young woman wanted to hear first hand from Braedan that the relationship was over.
“She had the car keys in one hand and the phone in the other, she’s dropped the box ... she accepts the facts.”
The day after the incident, the facts state Ms Beckhouse reported it to police, providing photographs of her injuries and ripped singlet.
Ms Daly handed herself into Wyong Police Station the next day where she declined to be interviewed and was charged.
“However she did allow police to photograph injuries she had sustained during the incident,” the facts state.
Magistrate Elizabeth Ellis told Ms Daly “relationships are tricky things” but because the injury was minor and she pleaded guilty — saving family members from giving evidence, which could have driven more rifts between them — she was prepared to deal with it without conviction.
“It’s a big ask, I don’t normally give a non-conviction for that charge,” Ms Ellis said.
Ms Daly was given a conditional release order for 12 months without conviction and an apprehended violence order to protect Ms Beckhouse for the same period.