Cameron Williams: Harrington Park man reaches 201km/h on Hume Motorway

A former private schoolboy with dreams of becoming a navy commando has been clocked travelling at 201km/h in his Ford Focus on the outskirts of Sydney.

Cameron Alexander Williams was clocked travelling at 201km/h on the Hume Motorway.

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A P-plate licence holder and son of two senior Correctives NSW employees has narrowly escaped a stint in jail after his Ford Focus was clocked at 201km/h due to a “burst of anger”, a court has heard.

Former private schoolboy Cameron Alexander Williams, 20, who dreams of becoming a navy commando, reached breakneck speeds on the Hume Motorway, near Campbelltown, about 9.45pm on a Saturday night in April.

The Harrington Park man told police officers once pulled over “it was stupid”.

The Harrington Park man, then 19, had spent the day working as a concreter when he realised he had left his wallet with a friend.

Driving home after collecting the wallet, the court heard he had a “burst of anger” while “alone in his thoughts” and accelerated to the dangerous speeds.

Highway patrol police officers were performing routine roadside duties when his orange Ford Focus roared towards them, with the police facts stating it was travelling “considerably faster” than three nearby vehicles.

The officers first estimated it was travelling well above 160km/h, with a speed laser gun clocking the car at 201km/h. The motorway has a speed limit of 110km/h.

When police pulled over the P-plater and when asked for an explanation he replied “it was stupid”, court documents state.

Williams’s lawyer told the court the former St Gregory’s College student had been suffering mentally in the lead up to the incident following two close deaths in the family, the breakdown of his first relationship and a broken finger playing Oztag.

A smiling Williams (white shirt) leaves Campbelltown Court with his parents and lawyer.

In documents tendered to court, the 20-year-old man told the co-ordinator of a Traffic Offenders Program he was lucky not to have killed anyone.

“These circumstances have been a life lesson and thankfully not a life sentence,” he said.

Magistrate Shane McAnulty convicted Williams of speeding in a dangerous manner and placed him on an intensive corrections order, which is a jail sentence to be served in the community.

The 20-year-old has also been ordered to complete 200 hours community service and has been disqualified from driving for 18 months.