A driver who was caught for the fifth time behind the wheel since having her licence disqualified was "shaking and fidgeting in her seat" when police pulled her over.
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Shannon Brink, 28, of Dalton Street was stopped by police on the evening of January 29 when she was driving a silver Mazda which belonged to her passenger's mother.
Upon requesting Brink's driver's licence, she had told officers: "I'll be honest, I don't have one".
She then clarified that she was disqualified from driving.
According to police, the 28-year-old offender was unable to provide any reasoning for why she was driving, or as to why her passenger - who had a driver's licence and was the custodian of the car - could not drive.
"It was stupid, we were just driving to a mate's place," Brink reportedly said.
Appearing in Orange Local Court on Monday, Brink was admonished for again getting behind the wheel by magistrate David Day.
Her solicitor Ellen McCutcheon told the court Brink had "felt pressured to drive" that night because her passenger was pregnant and wanted to be taken home.
Ms McCutcheon added that her client acknowledged "the stupidity" of driving when she had already been disqualified four times.
Mr Day questioned if Brink was trying to conduct some kind of experiment to see where the jail threshold was for driving while disqualified.
Brink was convicted and sentenced to an Intensive Correction Order with supervision for seven months, as well as 20 hours of community service.
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