Kirsty Dayment: Former bikini model and socialite caught driving disqualified yet again
A former bikini model and socialite who was caught by police driving while disqualified has been labelled as “selfish” by a magistrate.
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A former bikini model and socialite has caught the ire of a magistrate who described her as “selfish” after yet again being caught driving disqualified.
Kirsty Dayment, 41, appeared at Waverley Local Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to driving while disqualified.
Court documents reveal the former model was stopped by police on Wolli St, Bexley, about 10.05pm on June 2 after officers conducted checks and found the vehicle registration was cancelled.
In speaking to police, Dayment said she didn’t have her licence and “believed she was suspended”.
After checks on her details, it showed the 41-year-old’s licence had expired on November 4 and was disqualified, starting on March 1.
Court documents state Dayment was convicted and received a six-month disqualification at Picton Local Court on April 5, this year, for driving while suspended.
On Tuesday, Dayment’s lawyer William Martyr said his client was “homeless” and living out of her car at the time of her offending, however, she was no longer engaged in drugs and was “trying to rebuild her life”.
Mr Martyr said on the night of the offence, Dayment was “sleeping at a park” and after hearing a group of young men “causing a ruckus” she freaked out and made the decision to get into her car and drive away.
He ultimately appealed for a sentence involving a longer period of community service hours and a reduced disqualification period as Dayment had a job lined up where she would be running sports programs at schools.
In reply, the police prosecutor said there were concerns about what was going to stop Dayment from reoffending and given “these matters do have a custodial sentence” if she continued, jail was on the cards.
Ms Milledge said she wasn’t “impressed at all” with Dayment and read out a litany of driving charges against her.
She referenced a sentencing assessment report which stated the 41-year-old had shown limited insight into the impact of her offending, saying it was one of the worst reports she had read in “a long time”.
“You’re just somebody that’s lived your life the way you wanted to live it … your selfish, self-centred attitude has come across in this report,” she said.
In sentencing Dayment, Ms Milledge said she was prepared to give her some “light at the end of the tunnel”, imposing 200 hours of community service and placing her on a two-year community correction order.
Dayment was also disqualified from driving for eight months.
“Miss one hours of community service … [or] drive while disqualified … you and I will meet again,” Ms Milledge said.
“[It’s] very likely the next time, you will be incarcerated.”