Backlash as GoFundMe page created to pay for Redlands Coast hoon’s $7000 fine

A young hoon who was fined $7000 for doing burnouts has been told to “cop it on the chin” after crowd-funding to pay the debt off.

A young hoon who was fined almost $7000 for doing burnouts has faced online backlash for crowd-funding to pay the debt off, with many telling him he should “cop it on the chin”.

Wellington Point electrical apprentice Damian Anthony Ortlipp, 19, was slugged $6982 and had his “pride and joy” black Ford Falcon seized after he was caught doing burnouts in the Redlands.

A court was told that after he did a burnout at Wellington Point, Ortlipp sped away from police and forced another car to take evasive action when he crossed a solid line.

He was told by Magistrate Deborah Vasta that he was in for “a lot of pain” at his sentence last week where he pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a vehicle and evading police.

Magistrate Vasta fined the teenager and suspended his driver’s licence for two and a half years.

A GoFundMe page titled “Help a struggling young man out with a huge fine” has since been created in a bid to pay the fine.

“I have been hit with a massive fine of $6892 which as a first year apprentice is going to be really hard to pay off,” the campaign states.

“(I) have lost my car indefinitely because of the new hooning laws which is really disappointing because I lost my pride and joy which was worth at least $8000 dollars which is a massive lost (sic) and really hard to come back from that.”

The black Ford Falcon was impounded. Picture: Facebook

Many on social media told the apprentice that he should take full responsibility for his actions.

“If you get caught cop it on the chin and move on,” one said on Facebook.

Another wrote: “don't expect a hand out just cause you got caught. You mess up you gotta deal with it.”

Under new laws introduced to combat hooning, any person who evades police faces a mandatory minimum fine of $6,892 or 50 days in prison.

If a person commits a hooning offence then, depending on how many previous offences that person has, their vehicle will be impounded or forfeited to the state.

Report offences by calling the Hoon Hotline on 13 HOON (134 666) or report hoons online.