Driver off the road until 2033

McKillop, 36, a long-time Albury resident, ranks as possibly the driver with the longest disqualification to appear in court in the past decade.

Before yesterday, he was banned from driving until 2031.

But his period off the road was extended by another two years until November 20, 2033, after pleading guilty to a disqualified driving charge.

Any other driving offences will result in his disqualification being extended by a minimum of two years.

Magistrate Gordon Lerve was succinct in a warning given to McKillop.

“You drive again, you go to jail.”

McKillop, of Tullimbar Street, was given a 15-month suspended sentence for disqualified driving and was fined $200 each for offences of driving an uninsured and unregistered vehicle.

Mr Lerve said he imposed a suspended sentence because McKillop now had a job.

McKillop was jailed for 12 months, with a minimum period of two months, when he appeared for sentence in Albury Local Court in September, 2006.

Magistrate Tony Murray said McKillop showed no sign of obeying his extensive driving ban when extending his disqualification for another four years.

Police stopped a vehicle being driven by McKillop in Ryan Road on February 28 about 4pm to give him a random breath test.

When asked for his licence, McKillop replied: “I don’t have a licence.”

He confirmed his driving ban after a police check by radio.

“I just picked up my friend’s child,” was his reason for driving.

The vehicle’s registration expired in January, but McKillop said he bought the vehicle from someone in Wagga and thought it was registered.

Mr Lerve said after checking McKillop’s record that it was either his sixth or seventh disqualified driving offence.

He said McKillop could expect to spend about nine months in jail if he came back for breaching the suspended sentence.