(Credits: Llandudno Town Council/BNPS)
A man has pleaded guilty to dressing up as a decorated Navy officer at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
Jonathan Carley was charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the mark of His Majesty’s Forces without permission.
The 65-year-old wore a realistic Rear Admiral uniform with 12 medals pinned to his jacket at the ceremony in Llandudno, north Wales on November 9 last year.
He was seen laying a wreath and saluting the war memorial alongside real officers and veterans.
Online amateur sleuths raised suspicions after spotting photos that showed he was wearing two medals that are believed to have never both been awarded to one member of the military.
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These were the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), awarded for gallantry in combat, and the Volunteer Reserves Medal, awarded for exemplary service in the reserves.
Carley,from Harlech in Gwynedd, Wales, pleaded guilty at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court today.
Speaking after the incident, Llandudno councillor Greg Robbins said: ‘The man was challenged by the parade marshal, but stated that he was of a certain rank, and that he was representing the Lord Lieutenant’s office.
‘The parade marshal was left with little choice but to accommodate him in the wreath-laying ceremony.
‘The most important thing with Remembrance Sunday ceremonies is that they are suitably dignified, as this one was.’
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