Hoppers Crossing woman, 26, loses licence and fined after police chase down Princes Highway

A Hoppers Crossing woman speed demon has lost her licence and copped a $700 fine. The 26-year-old’s latest of a string of speeding offences, this one involved a hair-raising police chase down Princes Highway.

Lakshmi Dominguez fronted the Werribee Magistrates’ Court on a serious speeding charge involving a police chase.

A Hoppers Crossing woman speed demon has lost her licence and copped a $700 fine.

Lakshmi Dominguez pleaded guilty to speeding after she was caught tearing down the Princes Highway in Brooklyn nearly 50km/h over the limit.

The Werribee Magistrates’ Court today heard on September 28, 2017, police chased Ms Dominguez’s Toyota Echo for 5km before intercepting her.

The car was clocked doing 148km/h in a 100km/h zone.

The court also heard the 26-year-old, a former manager of hair salons in Balwyn and Camberwell, had a history of “extreme speeding” and her licence had been suspended on and off over the past two years.

On two separate occasions she had been caught travelling up to 40km/h over the speed limit.

Ms Dominguez’s defence lawyer said her client had lost her most recent job as a body corporate manager as a result.

“That required her to drive between properties so she has lost her job as a result (of not having a licence).

Magistrate Kay Robertson suspended Ms Dominguez’s licence for 12 months and ordered her to pay a $700 fine.

“Speeding is incredibly dangerous and ... you simply cannot drive at that speed,” she said.

“ You have two priors and you have been lucky on these three occasions to have avoided a serious accident.”

Ms Dominguez must also complete a safe driver’s course before returning getting back behind the wheel.