A Melbourne private school boy turned hoon has been blasted by a magistrate who called him an “entitled, spoilt, fool” after he filmed himself letting his souped-up car drive itself three times last year.
Sushant Mittal, 20, fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today, pleading guilty to more than 100 driving offences, including reckless conduct endangering life.
The court heard Mittal, who was 18 and 19 at the time, filmed his hoon driving and shared the outrageous clips to TikTok under the name “Sushi on Fire”.
In one video, the P-Plater can be seen speeding through the Domain Tunnel with his hands on his phone instead of the wheel.
Then, goaded by his brother in the backseat, he gets out of the driver’s seat.
The modified Mercedes soared past cars on cruise control with no driver behind the wheel.
Other videos showed the former Haileybury student reaching speeds of up to 262km/h.
At one point he reached 187km/h on the Monash Freeway, passing 40 cars in 40 seconds.
Magistrate Malcolm Thomas couldn’t contain his fury in court today, calling Mittal an “absolute fool”.
“He’s risking death and traumatic brain injuries and happy to leave families destroyed.. For likes? So he seems like some big hero?” Thomas said.
Thomas labelled Mittal as”immature, spoiled and protected from a lack of consequences”.
“He doesn’t realise. He hasn’t looked at the photos, looked at the victim impact statements. And neither have a huge number of young men who want to engage in similar behaviour for likes or to feel powerful,” Magistrate Thomas said.
His own defence lawyer described him as “outrageous and idiotic”.
Mittal’s twin brother was sentenced earlier this year for similar offending.
He avoided a jail term, but today Mittal was told the same may not be the case for him when he is sentenced next month.
That’s despite the court hearing he would be vulnerable in custody because of his privileged background.
Mittal moved to Australia from India 10 years ago.
The court heard both he and his brother have “never had to take responsibility for anything in their lives”.
They were gifted luxury AMGs and BMWs by their parents.
When Mittal didn’t want to do VCE, he was made a director in the supermarket his father owns.
Police say when specialist hoon officers arrested him in April last year, he denied involvement and nominated his friends and family members as drivers.
Operation Achilles was established by Victoria Police in 2021 to target hoon drivers.
