Simone Maree Mazza, 41, of Kurim Avenue said she was out the front of Orange Courthouse and had told staff she was present when she was sentenced on Monday afternoon.

Coronavirus restrictions have limited the number of people who are allowed into the courthouse at any one time meaning people often have to wait outside the building until their names are called.

At 4.05pm Magistrate Elizabeth Ellis fined her $400 and and disqualified her from driving for three-months for driving while her licence was cancelled after receiving a note that Mazza would plead guilty.

Ms Ellis said the disqualification was the minimum she could award for driving with a cancelled licence.

She dealt with five more people before Mazza appeared in the courtroom and said she wanted an opportunity to represent herself.

However, Ms Ellis said the sentence could only go up from where she had already set it and it would be in Mazza's interest not to speak in relation to the charge.

Mazza was caught driving on Bathurst Road on April 13, almost 10 months after her licence was cancelled followed a period of disqualification.