FAKE COP BUSTED
Motorists got out of way as dad sped through roundabout pretending to be in a police car
A DAD was caught pretending to be a police officer after he attached a fake siren and flashing blue lights to his car.
David Galbraith, 38, bought the items on Amazon before heading out on the roads.
He was spotted driving at speed through a roundabout and on the A725 near Bellshill, Lanarkshire, by on-duty officers who initially thought it was an unmarked vehicle.
Other motorists took evasive action believing that they were making way for a police pursuit on the busy road in October 2022.
But dad-of-one Galbraith, who had two passengers in the car at the time, was pulled over after officers discovered the car had no links to Police Scotland.
As he was being arrested, he said: “I can’t be impersonating a police officer, could it not be impersonating any member of the emergency services?”
Galbraith, of East Kilbride, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted to operating the lights and siren in a way that was “calculated to suggest” that he was a constable.
He also pled guilty to the charge of driving without due care or attention.
Craig Dewar, defending, told the court: “He accepts that he made a very significant error of judgment.
“He was on Amazon and was rather surprised that both the siren and the light could be purchased.
“He purchased them to confirm that it was what was advertised.
“But he cannot give an explanation as to why he then attached the devices to his vehicle and drove in the way described.”
Sheriff John Speir deferred sentence on unemployed Galbraith until July for reports and continued bail.
Could it not be any member of emergency services?
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