A motorcyclist who risked lives as he tore through the centre of Perth like a ”guided missile” refused to accept that he had done anything wrong.
Mark Wishart sat unrepentant in the dock at the city’s sheriff court on Monday despite having pled guilty to driving dangerously and at speeds of more than 60mph.
Police pursued the 26-year-old along Dunkeld Road as he weaved through heavy traffic, making a string of unsafe over and undertaking manoeuvres.
He already had two convictions for speeding and the court was told it was likely he would reoffend once back on the road.
Despite the seriousness of the offence and his apparent lack of contrition he was shown leniency by a sheriff, who decided not to impose a prison sentence.
Wishart delivered a tirade against the legal process from the dock of court four in which he bemoaned the unfairness of what had happened to him.
He said: ”I am shaking my head in disgust at the way I am being treated by this court.
”It is totally despicable and disgusting. I’m being treated totally unfairly.”
Wishart, of Sauchob Crescent, had admitted driving dangerously on Dunkeld Road on August 8 last year by driving at excessive speeds while overtaking and undertaking vehicles.
Sheriff Robert McCreadie told the accused: ”Your behaviour has been utterly disgraceful and given your previous convictions you have clearly arrived at the custodial threshold.”
After a plea from the accused’s agent to give his client more time to ”reflect” on his actions, the sheriff banned Wishart from the road for two years and imposed a community service order requiring that he undertake 180 hours of unpaid work.
Asked whether he was willing to undertake such an order, he replied: ”Do I have any choice?”