Stephen Scordo: Hallam hoon got mates to stop traffic for burnout

A reckless road rule rogue with a donut desire not only lost his liberty, he also lost his ‘$24,000’ Holden Statesman burnout beast.

Stephen Scordo, who told his pals to block traffic on a busy road so he could do a burnout, is now behind bars.

A selfish tyre-smoking hoon told his pals to block traffic on a busy Carrum road so he could do a burnout, a court has heard.

Stephen Scordo was behind the wheel of a Holden Statesman when he performed a dangerous donut in front of startled motorists earlier this year.

The 25-year-old apprentice mechanic was also caught with shotgun cartridges and drugs after cops raided the Hallam home where he was staying.

He also had ice and cannabis in his car and was nabbed driving while off his head on meth.

He pleaded guilty to serious driving offences, drug possessions, court order and bail breach charges at the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

The court heard Scordo had been to a car meet on January 23 this year, but didn’t enjoy it.

After leaving the event he drove his Holden to Carrum, and he stopped the car on the side of a busy street.

His pal in another car and a mate on a motorbike then stopped their vehicles in the middle of the road.

They blocked traffic while Scordo pulled a sideways skid, smoking his tyres while fishtailing for a few seconds before driving off with his friends following behind.

His passenger had filmed the show, but cops found the video and used it as evidence against him.

When he was arrested he told police he had attended a car meet which he described as “s***”, so thought “I’ll do a burnout”.

He said he knew there were people around and he was a “f***head” for doing what he did.

Six weeks later drug cops raided Scordo’s mother’s home where he was staying and found two shotgun rounds, bags of ice, empty deal bags and scales.

In March he was caught drug driving in Officer, and in June police found him with ice and cannabis in his car when filling up at a Narre Warren servo.

Scordo was on community corrections orders and bail at the time.

Defence lawyer Anna Balmer said he had PTSD and mental health issues that were fuelled by the grief of losing loved ones.

She said he “self-medicated” with drugs which then led him to engage “in reckless behaviour” and “impulsive decision-making”.

She said he had already spent 28 days on remand and would benefit from another corrections order.

But Magistrate Julie O’Donnell said he had already breached three orders, and the four weeks he had done in jail was not enough.

She said he needed to be assessed for a psychiatric report, which would take several weeks, and he would be staying behind bars in the meantime.

“His prior (criminal) history is littered with drugs,” Ms O’Donnell said.

“He does not help himself.

“Do I think the 28 days (spent so far in custody) is sufficient — no, I do not.”

Scordo was remanded and will be sentenced on September 1.

Police then applied to have the Holden Statesman, which they valued at $1000, forfeited and destroyed.

Scordo laughed at that appraisal, with his lawyer saying he believed it was worth $24,000.

Ms O’Donnell granted the forfeiture application and the car will likely be crushed.