Young hoon pays for doughnuts

as posted on TheWest

Learner driver Jarred Nicholas Lamont picked a quiet spot in the early hours of Sunday to practise a bit of hoon driving in his Ford Falcon sedan.

But 24-year-old Lamont got the location all wrong — choosing the carpark of Cannington police station, Perth Magistrate’s Court was told yesterday.

The carpark may have been empty, giving him plenty of space to do 360-degree “doughnuts” and burn-outs, but the police station was not.

Officers caught Lamont still behind the wheel of his vehicle.

Lamont, of Rangeview Court, Maddington, yesterday pleaded guilty to reckless driving, drink-driving and driving contrary to his learner’s permit.

Sgt Bob Morgan, prosecuting, told the court that the offences occurred in the early hours of February 3 when police officers were still inside the Cannington police station. They saw smoke coming from the vehicle’s tyres and there were significant marks on the carpark’s bitumen.

When arrested, Lamont told the officers: “I wanted to get some attention.” He was breath-tested and he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.140. His vehicle was seized for 48 hours under hoon driver legislation.

Defence lawyer Dave Fort said that Lamont had recently been kicked out of home and had been diagnosed with depression.

Chief Magistrate Steven Heath fined Lamont a total of $1750 on the three charges and banned him from driving for 12 months.

ROY GIBSON

as posted on TheWest