Fake Cop Used Handcuffs, Issued Bogus Fine in South Australia

Queensland Police stop vehicles at a checkpoint set up at the Queensland and NSW border in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, Australia, on March 26, 2020. Chris Hyde/Getty Images

An Adelaide man who impersonated a police officer handcuffed one of his victims and forced another to pay a bogus $300 fine, a court has heard.

Samuel Mark Narroway appeared in the District Court for sentencing submissions on Sept. 9 after pleading guilty to three counts of unlawfully wearing a police uniform, deception and aggravated false imprisonment.