An unemployed man has been banned from posing as a policeman or paramedic after turning up at the scene of accidents and attempting to give first aid to crash victims.
Lee Westerman, 29, also terrified a motorist by shouting at her and threatening to give her a ticket while driving a car which he had illegally fitted with a siren and flashing lights.The callous hoaxer was issued with a five-year ASBO as well as being ordered to do unpaid work and hand over compensation to his victims. Wakefield Magistrates’ Court heard how Westerman had equipped his 10-year-old Renault Laguna with a two-tone siren, flashing blue lights on the front and flashing red lights on the rear.
Adding to the deception, he installed surveillance cameras linked to a monitor on the dashboard as well as two hand-held radios. He was arrested following an encounter with motorist Susan Wright in South Kirkby, West Yorkshire on April 9 where he threatened and intimidated her while pretending to be a policeman.