Rohan Dennis pleads guilty to driving without a license
Former time trial world champion Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified after being caught behind the wheel near his home in Adelaide in June.
The 36-year-old's license was suspended for five years in May 2025 following the death of his wife Melissa Hoskins in late 2023.
While the court found last year that Dennis wasn't criminally responsible for Hoskins' death, the judge ruled that Dennis had been reckless during the incident in which Hoskins jumped onto the bonnet of the car as Dennis went to drive away. Dennis was handed a suspended prison sentence of 17 months, a two-year good behaviour bond, and the driving ban that he has since admitted to breaking.
In handing down that sentence in May 2025, judge Ian Press warned Dennis about the gravity of breaching his good behaviour bond.
"If you are caught driving while disqualified ... you will be in breach of the bond," Judge Press said. "It will be a serious criminal offence and you can expect that you would then have to serve the [prison] sentence that I just imposed."
Dennis will return to court in September.
