Vic: Camera operator in hospital after man caught speeding

AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2007
Vic: Camera operator in hospital after man caught speeding

MELBOURNE, Aug 28 AAP - A 35-year-old Westmeadows man has been remanded in custody
after the assault of a speed camera operator who clocked him doing more than 40 kph over
the speed limit.

Police allege the motorist was speeding along on Donnybrook Road in Mickleham, north
of Melbourne, when he saw the flash of a speed camera about 7pm on Saturday.

He allegedly pulled up behind the stationary traffic camera car and used a wheel brace
to smash every window of the station wagon while threatening the speed camera operator.

The camera operator was taken to Sunshine Hospital, where doctors spent the night removing
shards of glass from his eyes.

Police say the damage to the station wagon exceeds $30,000.

Detectives from the Broadmeadows Criminal Investigation Unit have charged the man with
causing serious injury, criminal damage and making threats to kill.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court today.

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