Kyrre Miller pleads guilty to car theft, possessing drugs at Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court

A former Big Build electrical apprentice with a history of dodgy boyfriends stole cars, tried evading cops and assaulted a chemist worker.

Kyrre Miller pleads guilty to car theft and possessing drugs at Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court.

A former Big Build electrical apprentice with a history of troubled boyfriends stole cars, tried to evade the cops and assaulted a chemist worker.

Kyrre Miller appeared at the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court via an audio-video link on Thursday, where she sat on a bed, occasionally vaping.

The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to a string of charges, including stealing cars and possessing drugs of dependence.

In April last year, police were raiding a drug house in Glenroy where Miller was present.

When police knocked on the door, the Broadmeadows resident tried escaping by jumping over the back fence of the house but was caught by police in possession of cannabis and GHB.

When asked why she tried to flee, Miller said she was “scared” and claimed she was only at the address for a short time before police arrived, denying she was there to buy drugs.

Kyrre Miller

In April lat year, Miller was spotted sitting in the front seat of a stationary white Kia Serato that had been reported stolen from Bayside.

When police searched the car, they found a weed hidden in a black eyeglass case and as well as a clear zip-lock bag containing four prescription pills.

When asked why she was in the stolen car, Miller said she “wanted to get away and needed somewhere to sleep”.

She also claimed she had never seen the car before and did not know who owned it.

Then, in December last year, Miller was caught driving a stolen Volkswagen Golf.

Police followed the car before intercepting it and found GHB, a BP Plus fuel card, and the keys to the stolen car on Miller.

Officers also discovered clothing belonging to two Ambulance Victoria paramedics, including an AV-branded helmet and bag.

Kyrre Miller

Miller also kicked a Greater Discount Chemist employee in the stomach while trying to escape the store after stealing a box of antiseptic and bandages in October 2023.

Defence lawyer George Douglas said his client was at a party when she decided to hop in the stolen Kia Serato to nap and had no “real recollection” of the incident.

He also said Miller was driving the stolen Volkswagen Golf because “she was the only one with a driver’s licence”.

Mr Douglas claimed Miller was attempting to steal an antiseptic and bandages — when she assaulted the Discount Chemist employee — because she was “bitten by a dog and had a wound”.

“She was struggling to recover the goods she wanted to take … normally what happens is they run away (when caught), but she needed to get some sort of antiseptic and some bandages,” he told the court.

Mr Douglas said his client — who was living with her father — had been involved with “career criminals at least 15 years older than her”.

“She was knocking around with these blokes who were hardened career criminals. Her choice of boyfriend leaves a lot to be desired,” he said.

“She’s struggling with her drug use, her father’s ill, and her mum passed away when she was nine.”

The court heard Miller had had an electrician apprenticeship and was working in Big Build and was “happy” but after failing a work drug test, she lost her job and it was the “end of her career”.

“It’s fair to say that life hasn’t worked out as she would have hoped, but she still got years out of it,” he said.

Prosecutor David Heather said Miller’s theft of motor vehicle charges and drugs were “troubling”.

Mr Heather said Miller was “very candid” with police and “owns up” to what belongs to her, agreeing she would benefit from a community corrections order.

Magistrate Peter Reardon said it was evident Miller was “hanging around bad people” and at “drug houses”.

“(Miller’s) company is not the best … you have a somewhat dysfunctional background,” he said.

“The criminal record is now starting to mount up. (The offences) do not necessarily involve a serious level of offending, but nevertheless, it’s repeated offending.”

Mr Reardon said even though Miller was a young offender, her offences were “moving up and continuing”.

“If you don’t take this opportunity given today, you will find yourself in jail,” he said.

“Remember, if she starts taking drugs, she’ll end up in the streets, in jail, or possibly dead in the streets.

“This is the last opportunity.”

Miller was convicted and placed on a 12-month community corrections order. Her licence was also cancelled and disqualified for six months.