Premium Content Subscriber only A MAN caught riding his motorcycle while disqualified this week told an Ipswich magistrate it had not been a deliberate act of defiance. Joseph Spijkers said he had not received the official court letter about his disqualification when he was pulled over a few days later riding on the Cunningham Highway. The disqualification had been imposed by the court while he was not present, and he claimed to have been unaware of his situation at the time. Spijkers conceded, however, that he had previously been warned he would be losing his licence if he did not attend the court hearing.