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Miller greets media frenzy
Rebecca Woolley
8 May 2008
Former Olympic swimming star Scott Miller faces the media scrum outside Manly Court yesterday.
Picture: SIMON DEAN JIY00754
OLYMPIC silver medallist Scott Miller had Stilnox sleeping tablets seized from his Dee Why home during a raid by Northern Beaches police, a court has been told.
The 33-year-old butterfly swimmer, who won silver and bronze medals at the Atlanta Olympics, briefly made his first appearance at Manly Court yesterday.
After the hearing Mr Miller fought his way through a packed media scrum without comment except to a question about his friends and family, to which he replied: ``I love them all''.
He then got into a car parked in front of the court house, which screeched away before stopping after a few metres to allow his lawyer to get into the back seat.
During the brief hearing before registrar Michael Barbour, MrMiller did not enter a plea to the four charges and the matters were adjourned to June.
Court papers said the Manly-born swimmer was in possession of anabolic steroid Stanzol and controversial sleeping tablets Stilnox, which are known to induce bizarre behaviour, without a prescription.
The drugs were allegedly seized, along with capsicum spray, during a three-hour police search at his Dee Why home on April 16.
Mr Miller has been charged with two counts of possessing a restricted or prescribed substance, possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of a Manesty brand pill press.
It is allegedly capable of producing a ``prohibited drug in tablet form'' at a rate of 27,000 pills an hour, according to police.
Officers discovered the equipment in a storage unit at Kennards Brookvale, allegedly hired in the name of Mr Miller's mother, Jenny.
They also allegedly captured MrMiller on surveillance footage moving the pill press with childhood friend Mark Catchpole, son of Wallabies legend Ken Catchpole.
The 40-year-old Seaforth resident faces a string of drug and firearm charges and was last month released on bail after his mother Penny paid a $100,000 surety.
During a bail hearing at Central Local Court his barrister, William Barber, alleged the pill press belonged to Mr Miller, not Mr Catchpole.
Bail was continued and he is due to appear next on June 11.
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