Joel Robert McKillop, 22, failed to attend his court hearing in Albury on Friday.

But that didn’t stop the probationary driver losing his licence and coping a fine despite his absence.

McKillop had been in a five-year relationship with a woman that ended three weeks before the March offence.

He had become increasingly paranoid about her being with friends and around other men.

His car was being driven erratically near her home several times in the weeks before the incident.

The woman had gotten out of a taxi with a man in Glenroy following a night out in Albury in the early hours of March 17.

A few moments later, they heard the distinctive sound of McKillop’s Holden SS Commodore approaching them.

He was the only person in the car and yelled out to the duo as he drove past, before stopping and performing a burnout near them.

Plumes of smoke poured from the tyres and McKillop did another burnout in a driveway.

Police facts tendered to Albury Local Court note there was “significant risk to their safety” due to his driving.

A witness came out of his home and ordered the probationary driver to leave, but he instead reversed back and steered onto the wrong side of the road.

He drove towards the witness, who ran off the road amid fears of being hit.

McKillop performed another burnout and left.

Police saw the car at his home a few hours later and McKillop handed himself in at the Albury police station about 1.45pm.

He was uncooperative during an interview and claimed he didn’t know who had been driving.

His licence was suspended.

Despite failing to turn up in court on Friday, magistrate Tony Murray fined McKillop $700 and disqualified him from driving on charges of driving in a manner dangerous. 

Other charges were withdrawn. A warrant was issued for his arrest. 

McKillop was also subject to a two-year domestic violence-related order.