Frankston Magistrates Court: Sharni Kelf guilty of drug driving

A young hairdresser has been told she is “not bulletproof” after she became airborne while driving through a residential fence, with drugs in her system.

Sharni Kelf, 24, was slapped with a two year loss of licence and ordered to pay $800 to the court fund in the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where she pleaded guilty to driving charges.Â

A young hairdresser has been told she is “not bulletproof” after she became airborne while driving through a residential fence, with drugs in her system.

Sharni Kelf lost her licence for two years and was ordered to pay $800 to the court fund in the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where she pleaded guilty to driving charges.

The 24-year-old’s appearance on Tuesday was her fourth for drug driving and Magistrate Gerard Bryant said she would not drive again until she could prove she was “safe, competent, and responsible”.

The Somerville local was suspended from driving in 2021 before getting behind the wheel in June last year and driving along Lyrebird Dr in Carrum Downs.

After an early morning Maccas run, the court heard Kelf was distracted, looking at her mobile phone when she lost control of the car.

She hit a gutter and a tree, cutting the tree in half before hurtling through a fence into a front garden.

The car became airborne and eventually landed on its side.

Kelf was told she wouldn’t drive again until she could prove she was “safe, competent and responsible”.

Kelf was able to walk free from the vehicle with only minor injuries and was taken to the Frankston Hospital.

A blood sample showed Kelf had meth in her system at the time of the crash and police found a vile of GHB in the car, along with two diazepam tablets, which Kelf did have a prescription for.

Mr Bryant said she “shouldn’t have been driving in the first place” considering she had been suspended.

“Those factors in combination could have gotten someone killed,” he said.

“Hopefully this is a wakeup call.”

The 24-year-old hairdresser told the court she had “learned her lesson” and was ordered to complete therapeutic measures including a road trauma awareness course.

She was placed on a good behaviour bond for the period of two years.