A Brazilian man jailed for drink driving with eight passengers in a car with a flat tyre has been given a good behaviour bond on appeal.
Arthur Rohsig, who previously described himself as a ‘sick c*** living the dream’ on social media, blew 0.172 after being pulled over at Phillip Bay in Sydney’s southeast on April 30.
Police alleged seven people were crammed onto the backseat of the Subaru Forester, and 24-year-old Rohsig, who has a long traffic record, laughed when police explained the seriousness of the offence.
Arthur Rohsig was sentenced for drink driving with eight passengers in a car with a flat tyre
Rohsig had previously described himself as a ‘sick c*** living the dream’ on social media
Police alleged seven people were crammed onto the backseat of the Subaru Forester, and 24-year-old Rohsig, who has a long traffic record, laughed when police explained the seriousness of the offence
After pleading guilty to high-range drink-driving with more than four unrestrained passengers, Local Court magistrate Jacqueline Milledge sentenced him in July to six months behind bars.
‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself,’ she told him. ‘Thank God the police were there.’
The magistrate said Rohsig, who is on a student visa, was ‘immature’, had acted with ‘arrogance’ and was a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ before being stopped by police.
In addition to the jail sentence, Ms Milledge suspended Rohsig from driving for nine months for the drink-driving crime.
He was also fined $1500 and suspended for six months for the unrestrained offence.
But Rohsig’s lawyer immediately appealed against the drink-driving sentence and he was granted strict conditional bail.
At the Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday, Judge Paul Conlon set aside Rohsig’s prison sentence and instead imposed an 18-month good behaviour bond.
The magistrate said Rohsig, who is on a student visa, was ‘immature’, had acted with ‘arrogance’ and was a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ before being stopped by police
Rohsig’s lawyer immediately appealed against the drink-driving sentence and he was granted strict conditional bail