DISQUALIFIED from driving until 2036 and on parole until September next year after she was caught driving while disqualified for the sixth time, 22-year-old Nakiah Tahnee Benham got behind the wheel on Tuesday night and went for a drive.
At about 10.30pm, when police attempted to pull her over in Douglas Street at Wallsend, Benham's Holden Commodore slowed to a roll as she could be seen climbing from the driver's seat into the back passenger seat.
It was the seventh time Benham had been caught driving while disqualified in the last three years, according to police.
The easiest way to go to jail, if you ask any magistrate or judge, is to repeatedly drive while disqualified.
And at 22, Benham has already become such a habitual offender that she has graduated from good behaviour bonds and fines to going to jail. Benham, who was represented by barrister Bill Hussey, appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified.
She applied for bail, despite the court hearing it was likely that her parole would be revoked.
Mr Hussey told Magistrate Ron Maiden that Benham had no reason for being behind the wheel; she was just "having some issues and wanted to go for a drive".
And he said, despite the probable impending parole revocation, Benham could be granted strict conditional bail. But Mr Maiden said he had no confidence Benham would comply with any bail conditions.
"In my view there is no possible chance of me granting her bail," Mr Maiden said. "She has committed another driving while disqualified offence while she is on parole from the district court for a driving while disqualified offence."
Benham will be sentenced on January 30.
