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January 7, 2009, Wednesday
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AN Australian court has issued a blunt warning about the sexual predators a young driver faces in jail if he does not stop speeding, as authorities struggle to stop teenagers from street racing.
"You'll find big, ugly, hairy, strong men who've got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of attention to you ?? and your anatomy," said magistrate Brian Maloney.
The 19-year-old male appeared in Sydney's Downing Centre Court on Monday charged with driving without a licence, failing to stop at a police alcohol checkpoint and driving dangerously.
It was his third time in court for driving offences, prompting the magistrate's warning he would be jailed next time.
Maloney barred the teenager from driving until 2013, placed him on a 12-month good behavior bond and ordered him to do 150 hours of community work.
Breaching any of these conditions would see the teenager jailed where he would "shower with the gorillas in the mist down at Long Bay jail," said Maloney.
"Out of control" was the front-page headline in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper yesterday for a story on four teenagers either booked for street racing, speeding, driving without a licence or crashing their car and killing a passenger.
The newspaper's editorial backed the magistrate's warning of life behind bars, saying his comments were "a vision in clarity" and gave the teenager "a reality check of his future".
"We can only hope this strategy helps. Hope it ends the slaughter of young innocents on the roads through stupidity," said the Telegraph.
"You'll find big, ugly, hairy, strong men who've got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of attention to you ?? and your anatomy," said magistrate Brian Maloney.
The 19-year-old male appeared in Sydney's Downing Centre Court on Monday charged with driving without a licence, failing to stop at a police alcohol checkpoint and driving dangerously.
It was his third time in court for driving offences, prompting the magistrate's warning he would be jailed next time.
Maloney barred the teenager from driving until 2013, placed him on a 12-month good behavior bond and ordered him to do 150 hours of community work.
Breaching any of these conditions would see the teenager jailed where he would "shower with the gorillas in the mist down at Long Bay jail," said Maloney.
"Out of control" was the front-page headline in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper yesterday for a story on four teenagers either booked for street racing, speeding, driving without a licence or crashing their car and killing a passenger.
The newspaper's editorial backed the magistrate's warning of life behind bars, saying his comments were "a vision in clarity" and gave the teenager "a reality check of his future".
"We can only hope this strategy helps. Hope it ends the slaughter of young innocents on the roads through stupidity," said the Telegraph.
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