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An Auckland District Court judge has asked for a drug and alcohol report on Paul Holmes' adopted daughter after she admitted three drugs charges today.
Millie Elder, 19, pleaded guilty today to possessing a P pipe, possessing methamphetamine and permitting her premises to be used for drugs.
She handed police the P pipe, which was hidden near her genitals, at Auckland Central Police Station when they began physically searching her following her arrest on June 17.
Elder winced as some of the details surrounding her arrest were read to the court.
Six other charges, including possession of a cannabis bong, possession of cannabis, receiving a $18,500 plasma television screen and receiving $15,000 worth of clothes from Auckland department store Smith and Caughey, were withdrawn after police said they would present no evidence.
Judge David Robinson asked for a report assessing Elder's drug and alcohol use to be compiled along with a pre-sentence report before sentencing on October 26.
The model and office temp worker was remanded on bail.
The maximum sentences for the charges she admitted are two years' imprisonment and a $1000 fine.
Holmes and Elder's mother, Holmes' ex-wife Hine Elder - herself a former broadcaster - were present in court to support their daughter.
Wearing a thick black coat and jeans, Elder's whispered guilty pleas could barely be heard.
The summary of facts revealed that police found cannabis inside Elder's bedroom and a P pipe inside a kitchen drawer when her Ponsonby flat was first searched in her absence by police on June 3.
She was present at a second police search on June 17, when police found a glass P pipe encrusted with residue from recent use along with a small bag containing P, and a plastic cannabis bong made from used Coke and Fanta bottles.
Elder was subsequently interviewed at Auckland Central Police Station. She was arrested following the interview and police began searching her and a carry bag she had with her.
"As the defendant was being physically searched she handed a methamphetamine pipe to the officer conducting the search," the police summary of facts said.
"The pipe had been concealed near the defendant's genitalia."
Police also found a bag containing P in the carry bag.
Elder told police the drugs and drugs utensils found at her house probably belonged to a former flatmate's friends, and said nothing about the drugs and pipe found in her possession at the police station.
Elder's lawyer Paul Davison said the drugs possession charges she admitted related only to the drugs found on her at the police station. He said no plea bargain had been made.
After the hearing Mr Davison and Holmes said it was not appropriate to comment further until sentencing.
- NZPA
