Tianne Miller to remain in jail for online child grooming offences
A woman who sent explicit messages about wanting to have sex with a nine-year-old girl and her mum was in fact communicating with undercover cops. Warning: Graphic content.
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A western Sydney woman who thought she was messaging an underage girl about being a transgender person with “boobs and a c--k”, but was actually messaging undercover police, will remain behind bars.
Tianne Miller, 49, of Greystanes, appeared at Sydney Downing Centre District Court on Thursday after sending a series of sexually explicit messages to investigators in 2020 and 2021.
In July 2020, Child Exploitation Internet Unit detectives caught the widow sending sick messages on Chatiw and Facebook Messenger when she told an identity known as “41” she was 14 and how she intended to engage in sexual activity with her.
After asking where she lived and
offering to pick her up from a train station, Miller said “we could do plenty of fun things naked and you could still be a virgin”.
“You could try sucking it. My main concern is you feel good and safe.’’
When “41’’ asked what they could do, Miller responded “just kiss and touch you down there, make you horny and wet and touch your nipples”, before telling her to keep it a secret.
The chats continued for 20 days and Miller asked the identity to skip school when she responded “Mum would kill me if she found out”.
Miller also sent a photo of her penis and breasts.
She said they would have “lots of fun … touching and kissing of certain bits, don’t want to give it all away”.
Cops raided her house at Greystanes on August 14 where they seized an iPhone and laptop. Miller confessed to using Chatiw, sending the photos and that she was speaking to an underage people.
She was granted bail at Fairfield Court on August 15, 2021.
The offending continued when she was on bail. The messages became more sick in October 2021 when Miller believed she was speaking with a 39-year-old woman who had a nine-year-old daughter.
Over Chatiw, Miller told the woman known as “47” how she was “bored and horny” and invited her to her house.
She raised the subject of the three having sex.
“Maybe you and I get naughty in front of her (the child) and then head to the bedroom,’’ the court heard.
“Tell her if she wants to be in the room to get naked too.’’
The court heard Miller would not “persist or force things” if the child did not want that.
She organised to meet the pair at Liverpool train station on October 19 last year but cops busted her with lingerie to fit the child.
Miller told another online identity known as “46” that she could make her virginity “go away” after describing herself as a transgender/lesbian.
“As I’m transgender I have boobs and a c--k,’’ she said.
The court heard how Miller asked “46” if she could visit her house while her mum was at work before inquiring about her breast size and if she played with herself.
Miller has been in custody since October last year and pleaded guilty to use carriage service procure less than 16 years for sexual activity, use carriage service to send indecent material to person less than 16, use carriage service-groom person procure less than 16 for sender, use carriage service-procure less than 16 years for sexual activity.
Judge Mark Marien said despite no actual victims being involved, it did not mitigate Miller’s offences, which had a “depraved nature”.
The court heard how her gender dysphoria sparked inner turmoil and made prison more onerous than other inmates. The woman, who was diagnosed with depression, also found it “jarring” when referred to as a man.
The court heard she had a traumatic incident in her childhood when her mother found her cross-dressing.
Miller’s wife died in 2011 and the mum started using online chats for sexual expression, which became a habit.
The court heard she was “lonely, bored and drug affected by methamphetamine”. She became overexposed and began exploring taboo themes before her arrest in 2020.
She denied any sexual interest in children but Judge Marien said the messages showed otherwise.
The court heard Miller would not have committed the offences if she was not on meth, and denied using drugs in custody.
She ran a home cleaning business for 30 years and was on a disability pension since 2001 because of her mental health.
In a letter she wrote to the court, Miller expressed her regret.
“I only have myself to blame for all I’ve done and want to make amends by not going down this path again. I am deeply remorseful and only have myself to blame.
“I am going to stay away from the bad influences that led me down this path and do what it takes to be a law abiding, productive member of society.’’
But Judge Marien doubted how genuine her remorse was given Miller committed the 2021 offence while on bail.
Miller was sentenced to 5 ½ years in jail. She will be eligible for parole on July 16, 2024.
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