A MAN’S body was found in a stolen car on Thompsons Rd, Carrum Downs yesterday evening (Wednesday 22 June). Police and detectives attended the scene near the Frankston-Dandenong Rd intersection at about 6.30pm. Frankston SES lit up the area and put a tarpaulin around the Mazda sedan. Detective Ash Eames, of Frankston CIU, said the 26-year-old Aspendale man was slumped in the driver’s seat. Passers-by had noticed the stationary car and called police. It is not known how the man died. Detective Eames said a quantity of the drug ice was found in a cigarette packet and amount of cash found in the…
Author: Bayside News
MOORABBIN’S Bawarchi restaurant and Kingston Arts have teamed up to dish up a tasty experience when Is It Because I’m Indian? hits the stage this week at Kingston Arts Centre. Audience members can enjoy eating spicy Indian food and watch Rajendra Moodley’s spicy one-man show about his life as a Melbourne-based actor and writer. Sick of being typecast as the “token Indian” Raj takes on the stereotypes and bullies in a rollicking ride of laughter and tears. The show is packed with colourful characters and reminds us all that everyone has their own “fragrant curry of magical realism”. Is It…
A BEAUMARIS woman told police she was followed on three occasions by a man as she left Cheltenham station. In the latest incident, the woman, 26, got off the train, 7.40pm, Wednesday 15 June, and walked towards her car in Coape St. She noticed a man following her close behind as she passed Cheltenham Primary School and crossed the road; the man did the same. She quickened her pace and the man did, too. Near Coape St the woman phoned a friend and said she was being followed. When she turned the man had disappeared. The woman told police the…
A MORDIALLOC beachside restaurant has been hit hard by thieves twice in the past week. Windows on the Bay, in Beach Rd, was robbed of $7000 cash and a $3500 safe stolen overnight Sunday 19 June – only five days after the venue was robbed of almost $3000 in another overnight raid, Thursday 16 June. In the latest incident, thieves smashed an office window and used extreme force to remove a heavy safe – bolted to the floor – containing the cash. Police said the thieves appeared to have carried the safe out through the restaurant’s front doors as it…
KINGSTON Council insists it has the authority to re-licence land alongside Mordialloc Creek after the Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) notified council it is reviewing creek-side boundaries. Council is seeking vacant possession of land occupied by Leon Pompei, son of ‘Mr Mordialloc’ Jack Pompei. Council CEO John Nevins says council is the committee of management for the land on which Mr Pompei’s business, Pompei Marine, is situated. “Council does not, nor has it ever, had a licence agreement with Mr Leon Pompei,” Mr Nevins said in a statement. “Council had a licence agreement with his mother, the…