Melbourne, Sept 12 : Losalina Rainima, a Sydney woman, who contended that it was her "god-given" right to drive and refused to register her car, lost a Supreme Court appeal.

In 2004 she was jailed for three months after being caught driving an unregistered vehicle.

Originally she was placed on a five-year good behaviour bond but was resentenced after her refusal to sign the paperwork.

Rainima then endured the entirety of her nine-month maximum jail term, spending an additional six months behind bars because she refused to sign the conditions of her release.