Thomas Daren Sing, also known as Thomas Daren McKay, of Kite Street was before the court charged with driving a motor vehicle during a disqualification period and larceny in two separate incidents.

According to police facts, around 2.25pm on July 7, police were patrolling Bourke Street when they observed a vehicle displaying no registration plates.

Police stopped the vehicle and asked the driver for a licence, He produced an expired P1 provisional licence.

Sing told police he had only been turning the vehicle around after changing the tire for a blue slip inspection.

Checks revealed the previous registration had expired on March 6, 2017 and his licence had been disqualified until May 8, 2024.

Around 1.55pm on May 31, Sing entered a local shop with a co-accused and took two pairs of ugg boots from the shelves to the front counter. He told the employee his mother had bought the boots and needed to return them.

The employee was unable to refund them as the details on the receipt didn't match the boots.

He then took the boots and receipt to the rear exit of the store, raising the receipt as he left to indicate he had purchased the boots.

Sing then re-entered the store and joined his co-accused placing items into a shopping bag and exiting the store.

Police later spoke to Sing on June 2, where he admitted to taking the boots saying, "it wasn't right". He then returned to the store on June 3 and paid $60 for the boots.

Sing's solicitor Mr Abraham told the court, despite his client's extensive criminal history, offences involving deception were out of character for him and he was on drugs at the time of his offending.

In relation to the driving matter he said his client had been unsure of the conditions of his disqualification.

In sentencing Magistrate Michael O'Brien said Sing was no stranger to the criminal justice system.

"You've come close to incarceration and now you can add larceny to your record," he said.