Driver ignored two stop signs

Prosecutor Senior Constable Luke Lund told the court police saw Hosseini driving on Maude St in Shepparton on January 28.

He did not stop at a stop sign at the intersection with Hayes St as he turned into the street.

He again failed to stop at a stop sign at Wyndham St before turning into that street.

Hosseini’s probationary driver’s licence had also been suspended for three months a month earlier.

He told police at the time he “made a mistake” and that he had been driving without a licence, Sen Constable Lund said.

Hosseini told police at the time he was driving because he had had a “late night finish” and wanted “to get home a bit earlier”, Sen Constable Lund said.

Magistrate Peter Mithen disagree with him though.

“It wasn’t a mistake. It was a deliberate act,” Mr Mithen said.

Representing himself in court, Hosseini said his family was at a funeral that day and he had to go to work as an apprentice plumber.

Hosseini was fined $500, but no conviction was recorded.

The sentence also came with a warning from the magistrate.

“At stop signs, you’ve got to stop. They are put at dangerous intersections,” Mr Mithen said.

The magistrate did not cancel Hosseini’s licence.