Harriet Wran, 30, admits possessing meth and having stolen laptops and credit cards from a spate of break-ins - despite generous fortnightly handouts from the family trust
- Daughter of former New South Wales Labor premier Neville Wran pleads guilty
- Wran was driving a Holden ute with another man when officers stopped them
- Police found drug paraphernalia along with laptops, credit cards and stolen mail
- On Wednesday Wran pleaded guilty to three drug and stolen goods charges
- When asked if she was having a tough time, Wran said 'Yeah it is' outside court
- It comes two years after 30-year-old Wran was released from prison
The recovering ice addict daughter of a former NSW premier went on a spate of break and enters stealing thousands of dollars worth of property, despite receiving $800 a fortnight from a family trust.
Harriet Wran, 30, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to having crystal methamphetamine and more than 30 stolen laptops, mobile phones and credit cards in her possession.
Wran, the daughter of former Labor Premier Neville Wran, was arrested at a service station in Wyong, on the NSW Central Coast, about 2am last Wednesday.
When asked outside court if it's a tough time, Wran told media: 'Yeah it is'.
Wearing jeans, a loose shirt and bright orange-coloured flat shoes, Wran was supported by her lawyer Alex Angel-Graham during the brief court mention.
Harriet Wran, 30, leaving Wyong Local Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to drug possession and stolen goods
Wran with lawyer Alex Angel-Graham leaving Wyong Local Court after she pleaded guilty to three charges including drug possession, having stolen goods in her car and not displaying her P-plates
Court papers revealed Wran was stopped by highway patrol officers after she was spotted driving a Holden ute out of a storage facility on the Pacific Highway, at North Wyong, on March 27.
Officers searched Wran's ute and found 0.96 grams of crystal methamphetamine, as well as drug paraphernalia and more than 30 other items.
Among the suspected stolen items police found six credit and debit cards, three mobile phones, six laptops, an iPad, unopened mail and an academic transcript.
Police suspect all the items were stolen during a recent spate of break and enters in the area.
Court papers also showed that since Wran was released from prison in September 2016, she has been receiving an $800-a-fortnight payment from a family trust fund.
Wran moved back in with her mother at their sprawling property in Ravensdale, near Wyong, at the beginning of the year.
Recovering ice addict Harriet Wran (pictured last year) has been arrested for drug possession two-and-a-half years after she was released from jail
She will continue to reside there while out on bail.
Bail documents revealed that the prosecution case against Wran is regarded as 'strong'.
Wran will return to court on May 15 to be sentenced.
It is not expected she will be sent back to prison for her latest crimes.
A man who was in the passenger seat of the ute when police stopped Wran fled the scene. He remains on the run.
Wran (right with her mother Jill in 2016), 30, was jailed for her role in a robbery which led to the murder of drug dealer Daniel McNulty in August 2014
Wran's latest drama comes two years after she was released from prison.
She was jailed for two years for her role in a robbery which led to the murder of drug dealer Daniel McNulty in August 2014.
Wran was with her ex-boyfriend Michael Lee and his friend Lloyd Haines when they spontaneously robbed Mr McNulty at his squalid inner-Sydney housing commission flat.
A struggle broke out and 37-year-old Lee stabbed Mr McNulty to death.
Lee was sentenced to at least 13 years for the 'senseless' stabbing murder.
Haines, 31, who knew Lee had a knife but did not think he would use it, was jailed for at least 11 years.
When asked if she was having a tough time, Wran told the media 'Yeah it is'
Wran leaves Wyong Local Court in the passenger seat of a silver ute
Wran was arrested after a sleepless six-day ice bender and served a two-year minimum jail term for being an accessory after the fact of murder and robbery
Wran has been studying an agribusiness degree at the University of New England while recovering at her mother's Ravensdale property (pictured)
Wran was arrested after a sleepless six-day ice bender.
She said she thought the men would only rob Mr McNulty, not kill him.
Wran served a two-year minimum jail term for being an accessory after the fact of murder and robbery.
When she was released in 2016, she said: 'It's going to be a long process and it's going to be hard.'
'I won't pick up drugs again,' she said.
'I never thought in a million years I'd end up in jail, let alone for murder. I've never intended for anyone to get hurt in my life; it was almost not real to begin with.'
Wran (pictured in 2016) was arrested in 2014 after a sleepless six-day ice bender and served a two-year minimum jail term for being an accessory after the fact of murder and robbery
In November last year photos posted to Wran's social media accounts showed her riding horses in between working on her mother Jill's 50-hectare farm.
She has been studying an agribusiness degree at the University of New England while recovering at the $2million Ravensdale property.
Neville Wran was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986. He died in April 2014.
He was known for his 1978 campaign slogan Wran's Our Man.
Wran will be sentenced on May 15.
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