WorkingHard
Have to agree with WBS. You can't possibly know the full 'ATC picture' and your course of action is, indeed, inexcusable.
Trying arguing with a magistrate that you jumped the red traffic light because you knew it was going to change eventually.
Was the frequency really that busy that you didn't have time to say "Solent, G-ABCD"? If it was, then the last thing the Controller wanted was somebody else in the zone unexpectedly.