A magistrate sentencing a notorious WA drink-driver who previously killed a 10-year-old has labelled his record “atrocious” and dismissed claims the media was unfairly shaming him.

Mitchell Walsh was on Friday convicted of his 17th no authority to drive offence, to add to his previous drink and drug driving, speeding and using his mobile while driving offences spanning over more than a decade.

Killer driver Mitchell Walsh was back in court on Friday. Credit:ninevms

Magistrate Thomas Hall, in sentencing the 35-year-old, told him if he didn’t like the media coverage of his offending brought, he “wasn’t doing himself any favours” continuing to break the law.

“Your record is atrocious, so you wondering why the media are all over you – if you’d learnt your lesson you’d think you’d have an impeccable record after 2003, but it’s the opposite,” he said.