Kevin Armstrong, 63, who pressured Morium Akther, 24, to tug over and advised her ‘We will both do that the great method or the nasty method’
A motorist who impersonated a police officer and threatened a younger girl after forcing her to tug over has walked free from courtroom.
Morium Akther was driving to work when Kevin Armstrong drove beside her, whereas flashing white LED lights from his dashboard, telling her to cease.
Believing he was a police officer, terrified Morium, 24, parked her automotive on a slip highway close to Gateshead, Tyne and Put on, and wound her window down.
The 63-year-old advised her she was rushing and driving dangerously and that he was going to subject her with a rushing ticket.
When she denied this, he advised her ‘we are able to both do that the great method or the nasty method’.
Morium was saved by a commuter who realised Armstrong was pretending to be a police officer and scared him off.
Armstrong was discovered responsible of impersonating a police officer at South Tyneside Magistrates Court docket and pleaded responsible to 3 different driving offences.
Nevertheless he was in a position to stroll away from courtroom with a £620 tremendous, factors on his licence and neighborhood service.
Information supervisor Morium, from Newcastle, stated: ‘He pulled his automotive subsequent to mine and was yelling at me to tug over.
‘He had flashing lights on his automotive and I assumed he was a police officer.
‘He stated I used to be rushing and pulling out and in of lanes.
‘After I advised him I wasn’t he turned extra aggressive and stated he would give me a rushing ticket.
‘I fully froze, I did not know what was occurring. I’ve by no means been pulled over by the police so I did not know if this was a traditional method for them to behave.
‘Finally, one other driver pulled up and advised me he wasn’t a police officer and I may depart.’
She added: ‘I by no means came upon what his intentions have been, but it surely’s terrifying to consider.
‘If he advised me to get out of my automotive and go in his, I might have.
‘I used to be so frightened and I might have left my cellphone in my automotive in my panic.
‘He may have finished something to me.’
Morium Akther, 24, from Newcastle, stated she was terrified by Armstrong and would have finished what he stated if one other commuter did not step in and assist
Morium added: ‘He appeared very creepy and his tone was aggressive.
‘After I drove away I considered the way it may have been a lot worse.
‘I stored pondering that I may have been damage or killed.
‘When he was pulling me over, I did not assume I used to be in peril as I believed he was a professional police officer.’
Armstrong pleaded responsible to driving a car and stopping it on a highway designated as a clearway, allowing a car to stay at relaxation on a highway in order to contain a hazard and utilizing a car with an routinely emitted a flashing mild.
He initially denied impersonating a police officer however was discovered responsible at South Tyneside Magistrates Court docket.
Morium (above) stated: ‘He appeared very creepy and his tone was aggressive. After I drove away I considered the way it may have been a lot worse. I stored pondering that I may have been damage or killed’
Mr Armstrong, of Farndale Drive, Guisborough, North Yorkshire, needed to pay a £620 tremendous.
He additionally acquired three factors on his license, 120 hours unpaid work and 10 days of rehabilitation necessities.
Sharon Bryan, Head of Partnerships and Growth on the Nationwide Centre for Home Violence, has slammed the lenient sentence.
She stated: ‘It is not a deterrent in any respect. No matter buzz or thrill he will get from doing it will outweigh the punishment he is acquired.
‘The scary factor is we do not know what may have occurred if somebody hadn’t intervened.
‘It is not dramatic to say that if these behaviours aren’t stopped they will result in extra violence and ladies being killed.’
Morium has additionally criticised the sentence, and claims he acquired off frivolously.
She stated: ‘He acquired off frivolously. Three factors for pulling somebody over and scaring the life out of them is nothing.
‘At any time when I see flashing lights I get actually scared and assume it is him.
‘I did not depart my home for every week after the incident.
‘Within the aftermath, I considered the Sarah Everard case, I do know Wayne Couzens was really a police officer however you by no means know what somebody is able to.
‘He may have finished something to me.’
Armstrong was discovered responsible of impersonating a police officer at South Tyneside Magistrates Court docket
