A Stonehouse driver who has regularly flouted court bans was this week ordered to stay off the roads for 10 years.
Scott Steele candidly admitted taking risks time and again by going behind the wheel while disqualified.
But his lawyer claimed that, after experiencing his first prison sentence, he is determined to change his ways.
Steele, 32, of Spinningdale, appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
He admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance on Millheugh Road, Larkhall, while on bail on October 11.
Toni Hicks, prosecuting, said Steele was stopped by police officers for a routine check shortly after 3am.
They discovered he had been banned from driving for eight years in February 2019.
Defence agent Ross Jenkins said this was Steel’s fourth conviction for driving while disqualified.
He told the court: “Once again he has taken a risk and gambled in driving a car, knowing full well he was disqualified.
“Once again he was stopped by the police.
“His explanation is that the car had been abandoned by a family member on a back road.
“He was dropped off there and decided to drive home.”
Mr Jenkins revealed that while on bail for this, Steele committed a similar offence in the Dumfries area and was jailed for five months.
The solicitor added: “He will be released from prison shortly.
“It’s his first time in custody and a long overdue wake-up call.
“It has made him re-evaluate and he will not take these risks again.”
Sheriff Colin Dunipace told dad-of-two Steele: “I hope you have learned a lesson.
“You’re wrong if you think you can just ignore court orders.
“If you continue in this way, that experience of custody won’t be the last.”
Steele was placed under supervision for a year and ordered to do 240 hours of unpaid community work.
He must also remain in his home between 7pm and 7am each day under a four-month electronic tagging order.
