‘Fake Admiral’ pleads guilty to dressing in Navy uniform for Remembrance Sunday service
‘Fake admiral’ posed as a war hero at Remembrance Sunday service
- Jonathan Carley pleaded guilty to impersonating a high-ranking naval officer at a Remembrance Sunday event in Llandudno, North Wales.
- Carley, 64, attended a wreath-laying service on 9 November wearing a uniform with admiral rings and medals he had purchased online.
- Concerns were raised by other attendees and Llandudno Town Council, as no senior naval officer was expected at the ceremony.
- He was arrested on 14 November after his image circulated online, telling police he had been expecting them and sought a sense of "belonging and affirmation".
- Carley was fined £500, ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs, and a £200 surcharge by Llandudno Magistrates’ Court.