Serial drink driver ordered off the road in WA

Another idiot,on a work licence and got caught DUI,he killed a 10 year old girl in 2003,he needs a bullet this one!

Heres the story.

There were volatile scenes outside Perth Magistrate’s Court today as the serial drink driver who knocked down and killed schoolgirl Jess Meehan was fined and ordered off the roads after he admitted breaching an extraordinary driver’s licence and driving over the limit.

Mitchell William Donald Walsh, who used to be known as Mitchell Walsh-McDonald, today pleaded guilty to four traffic offences on the 10th anniversary of the day Jess was hit.

Walsh today pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching his extraordinary licence, excess 0.08 and using a mobile phone while driving.

He was fined a total of $2850 and his extraordinary licence - which he has held for just 10 months - was cancelled.

Walsh unleashed a tirade of verbal abuse at journalists and shoved a television reporter while trying to make his way through a media scrum as he tried to leave court.

The court was told Walsh, who has his own plastering business, was granted an extraordinary licence 10 months ago which allowed him to drive for work purposes but he breached the licence by driving outside of the prescribed hours on June 14.

A little over a month later, police again caught him contravening the conditions of his licence by driving at 8.45pm on Reid Highway - but he had also been drinking, was using a mobile phone and was not displaying his E-plates.

He was spotted by police using a mobile phone and he was found to have an alcohol reading of 0.103. Under the conditions of his licence, Walsh was not to drink alcohol eight hours before getting behind the wheel.

The court was told Walsh’s "shocking" record for driving offences, included four convictions for excess 0.08.

The court was also told Walsh has six convictions for driving under suspension, four of which happened on one day.

Walsh’s court appearance coincides with the 10th anniversary that Jess was knocked over by Walsh when she rode into his path in Clarkson in 2003. She died two days later.

He had an alcohol reading of 0.165 but was found not guilty of dangerous driving causing death.

He insisted the collision could not be avoided even if he was sober and a jury accepted that the prosecution failed to prove fault in his driving.

Today, Walsh’s lawyer argued that he should be allowed to keep his extraordinary licence as he would suffer "severe financial hardship" as it would mean he might need to shut down his business.

She claimed the 29-year-old had not been drinking for five years, but on the day he was caught, he decided to have a drink with his employees and drove because he felt obligated to get them home.

Police prosecutor Sen. Const. Michelle Francis disagreed and said there were no exceptional circumstances to warrant Walsh being allowed to keep his licence.

Magistrate Colin Roberts said Walsh should have realised it "was an absolute privilege" to have an extraordinary licence and the court could not "possibly entertain" allowing him to keep the licence.

In addition to the fines, Walsh’s licence was also disqualified for another two years.

Outside court, Tom Davies, founder of Enough is Enough, said it was disappointing the court could only fine Walsh for the offences and he argued that Walsh should never have been granted an extraordinary licence.

"People like that just shouldn’t be on the road," he said.

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