'Don't call me bro': Australian magistrate scolds Kiwi drink-driver for giving him 'attitude' and repeatedly using slang in court
- A magistrate has slammed a New Zealand man for addressing him as 'bro'
- Rex Morgan reversed his car 30m the wrong way up the road before crashing
- The man tested positive for alcohol but refused further testing from police
Magistrate Richard Pithouse (pictured) told Rex Morgan, who had refused further testing, not to call him 'bro' and to 'drop the attitude'
A man has been slammed by a magistrate after he called him 'bro' and gave him 'attitude' in court.
New Zealand man Rex Morgan appeared Werribee Magistrates' Court in Victoria this week after he reversed his car 30m on the opposite side of the road and up a driveway before crashing into his neighbour's fence.
Police observed the crash and the man tested positive for alcohol in a preliminary breath test, he was then asked to undergo further testing at a police station.
Morgan refused and told officers 'just charge me bro, I don't care', the Herald Sun reported.
Magistrate Richard Pithouse was not impressed with his behaviour.
'Don't call me bro,' Magistrate Pithouse said.
'Drop the attitude, take your hands out of your pockets and start showing some respect to the court,' he said.
Morgan was convicted and given a three-year cancellation on his license along with a $1,500 fine at Werribee Magistrates' Court in Victoria (pictured)
During proceedings, Morgan claimed he had no idea why he had been forced to attend court as he claimed to have only consumed one drink.
Morgan claimed he was the designated driver at a friend's 21st birthday party and the only drink he had consumed was in his car while in his own driveway before the crash.
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The magistrate berated Morgan over his refusal to take a breath test and said that the police had every right to demand he undertake further testing.
Mr Pithouse convicted the man and cancellled his licence for three years - a full year over the required minimum for refusing a breath test.
Morgan was also fined $1,500.
The judge berated Morgan over his refusal to take a breath test and said that the police had every right to demand he undertake further breath testing
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