A SPIN in his new Audi A4 after "a beer with tea" has put a P-plater at risk of jail because of his suspended sentence for an aggravated robbery.
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The 21-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons because he was a youth at the time of the robbery, pleaded guilty on Friday to four driving offences.
Police prosecutor Brett Steele told the Launceston Magistrates Court that officers caught the man speeding at 75 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, using a speed detection device on July 3 about 11.15pm.
He said police pulled over the unregistered Audi A4 in Brisbane Street, Launceston and found the driver had a breathalyser reading of 0.034, instead of the legal limit of zero for P-platers.
Mr Steele said the defendant was serving a suspended sentence from the Supreme Court and he understood the Crown planned to breach the suspended term.
The defendant, who represented himself, said he had done the wrong thing, had consumed "a beer with tea" before driving and had since sold the Audi.
Magistrate Sharon Cure docked three demerit points, disqualified the man from driving for six months and fined him $800.
"So I'm in breach of my suspended sentence in the Supreme Court . . . I'm going to jail?" the defendant asked.
Ms Cure told the man to get a lawyer.
In December 2013, the man, then 19, was jailed for six months, wholly suspended for two years, after a Supreme Court jury found him guilty of aggravated robbery.
The defendant was the getaway car driver for his mate in Hobart Road, Kings Meadows, in March 2012, when his friend, armed with a shotgun, robbed a youth of cash and a mobile phone.