Police wrap: P-plater clocks 183kph

January 19, 2005 - 8:38AM

A 20-year-old P-plate driver has been caught travelling more than double the speed limit, police said today.

The man was clocked driving at 183kph in a 110kph zone on the F3 freeway at Somersby on the NSW central coast about 2.20pm yesterday.

But as a holder of a P1 provisional licence he was not allowed to exceed 90kph.

His licence was cancelled immediately.

Officers issued the San Remo man with a court attendance notice for dangerous driving.

Murder charge

A 24-year-old man has been charged with murder after the discovery of a body of a man believed to have been dead for several days in Melbourne's suburb of Hampton Park yesterday.

The 52-year-old was found dead inside his house on Ormond Road shortly after 6pm yesterday, with wounds to the upper body, police said.

Officers went to the man's house after receiving information and found him dead.

The 24-year-old, of Hampton Park, was charged with one count of murder and remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court later today.

Woman attacked

Police had charged a man with attempted murder after a woman was attacked at a house in suburban Brisbane.

Police said they were called to the house in Stannard Road in Manly West yesterday afternoon where they found a 25-year-old woman suffering serious head injuries.

The woman told the officers she had been attacked by a man.

She was taken to hospital for treatment and police later detained a suspect in a nearby street.

They said a 26-year-old man would appear in the Cleveland Magistrates Court today charged with attempted murder, assault and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

Train death

Police are calling on the public to help identify a man struck by a train and killed at a train station in Sydney's inner west.

The man fell from Petersham station into the path of an oncoming train about 2.50pm on October 12, 2004. He died at the scene.

The man's death was not being treated as suspicious.

Investigators were unable to identify the man and released an image so members of the public could help determine his identity.

The man was described as being of Asian appearance, 160-170cm tall, slim, with brown eyes, a round face and short black hair.

At the time of his death he was wearing white running shoes, a white long-sleeved collared shirt and blue jeans.

Taxi stabbing

Police are calling for witnesses after a taxi driver was brutally stabbed by two men in Darlinghurst in central Sydney.

The victim was driving a citybound taxi along Oxford St when he stopped at traffic lights at the intersection of College St about 1.55am on January 9.

Another taxi stopped next to the cab and two men got out. One of the men kicked the driver's side window and the 34-year-old driver opened his door, police said.

He was attacked by the two men and stabbed in the chest.

Several people helped the cabbie and the two men, described as being Middle Eastern in appearance, left the scene on foot towards Taylor Square.

Police hoped to identify a male depicted in a photograph and said he might be able to assist with inquiries.