A Ballina Shire woman jailed for repeatedly driving while disqualified allegedly got behind the wheel twice more within eight weeks of being released on parole.
Tegan Jane Stobart, 37, of Wardell, faces five fresh charges, including allegedly driving while disqualified on October 20 and 29.
The first alleged incident came just 46 days after her September 4 release from jail.
Stobart is also charged with using a vehicle with an obscured or defaced number plate, unlawfully possessing a thing resembling a number plate, and possessing goods suspected of being stolen.
During her Thursday Bail Division hearing, Judge L Robinson expressed significant concern about the driving allegations, noting Stobart was on parole following a sentence involving five similar offences.
The judge referred to “some attempt at least to evade detection through number plates”.
“It seems there is a blatant disregard of the fact that she is disqualified from driving, and her history is littered with those types of offences,” Judge Robinson said.
“It seems there’s not much that would deter her, including serving a lengthy period and being subject to liberty on parole.”
Stobart was sentenced at Grafton Local Court in May to 16 months’ jail for five disqualified-driving offences and a restricted-substance offence.
She was released on parole on September 4 after serving four months, with 12-month driving bans imposed from May 26.
Her earlier record includes a 2022 prison sentence covering two disqualified-driving convictions.
In 2023, Ballina Local Court imposed 18-month intensive correction orders, to be served in the community, for supplying a prohibited drug and being carried in a vehicle taken without its owner’s consent.
Judge Robinson found no conditions would adequately address the risk of further offending and danger to the community.
Tegan Jane Stobart was refused bail and is due to appear from custody at Ballina Local Court on November 5.