Overview

• The 45-year-old admitted one count of acts likely to cause harm to a child under 12 and 10 counts of deception.
• Prosecutors said the offending occurred between late November and mid-December 2024, yielding $11,500 in payments ranging from $500 to $3,000.
• She staged the illness by shaving the boy’s head and eyebrows, bandaging him, and using a wheelchair to mimic radiotherapy.
• A large number of original charges were dropped under the plea, and earlier charges against her husband, Ben Stephen Miller, were withdrawn in May.
• She remains in custody and is due in the South Australian District Court on November 28 for sentencing submissions; police previously called the scheme “devious and cruel.”