Driver pretended to be a police officer and instructed woman: ‘We can do this the good or awful way’ 

Kevin Armstrong, 63, who pressured Morium Akther, 24, to pull in excess of and told her: ‘We can both do this the good way or the horrible way’

A motorist who impersonated a law enforcement officer and threatened a younger female soon after forcing her to pull over has walked cost-free from court docket.

Morium Akther was driving to function when Kevin Armstrong drove beside her though flashing white LED lights from his dashboard, telling her to stop.

Believing he was a police officer, Pass up Akther, 24, parked her car on a slip street in close proximity to Gateshead, Tyne and Have on, and wound her window down.

Armstrong, 63, told her she was dashing and driving dangerously and that he was likely to situation her with a rushing ticket.

When she denied this, he told her: ‘We can either do this the awesome way or the unpleasant way’. 

Overlook Akther was saved by a commuter who realised Armstrong was pretending to be a law enforcement officer and fearful him off.

Armstrong was identified responsible of impersonating a police officer at South Tyneside Magistrates Courtroom and pleaded guilty to 3 other driving offences.

Having said that he was capable to walk absent from court docket with a £620 fine, details on his licence and local community service.

Knowledge manager Miss Akther, from Newcastle, explained: ‘He pulled his car future to mine and was yelling at me to pull more than.

‘He had flashing lights on his car and I believed he was a police officer.

‘He stated I was speeding and pulling in and out of lanes.

‘When I informed him I was not, he grew to become a lot more intense and stated he would give me a speeding ticket.

‘I absolutely froze, I didn’t know what was going on. I have never ever been pulled more than by the police so I didn’t know if this was a usual way for them to behave.

‘Eventually, one more driver pulled up and instructed me he was not a police officer and I could go away.’ 

She additional: ‘I under no circumstances uncovered out what his intentions ended up, but it’s terrifying to consider of.

‘If he informed me to get out of my motor vehicle and go in his, I would have.

‘I was so frightened and I would have still left my cell phone in my car in my panic.

‘He could have carried out everything to me.’

Morium Akther, 24, mentioned she was terrified by Armstrong and would have carried out what he stated if yet another commuter hadn’t stepped in to assistance

Pass up Akther included: ‘He appeared really creepy and his tone was aggressive.

‘After I drove away I believed about how it could have been so considerably even worse.

‘I held considering that I could have been hurt or killed.

‘When he was pulling me above, I failed to believe I was in threat as I thought he was a legit police officer.’

Armstrong pleaded guilty to driving a car or truck and stopping it on a street selected as a clearway.

He at first denied impersonating a law enforcement officer but was discovered responsible.

Pass up Akther (earlier mentioned) said: ‘He appeared really creepy and his tone was intense. Immediately after I drove absent I assumed about how it could have been so considerably even worse. I held wondering that I could have been damage or killed’

Armstrong was located guilty of impersonating a police officer at South Tyneside Magistrates Court

Armstrong, of Guisborough, North Yorkshire, had to shell out a £620 fine.

He also acquired three factors on his licence, 120 hours unpaid do the job and 10 times of rehabilitation prerequisites.

Sharon Bryan, of the Nationwide Centre for Domestic Violence, has slammed the lenient sentence.

She stated: ‘It’s not a deterrent at all. What ever buzz or thrill he will get from doing this will outweigh the punishment he’s gained.

‘The terrifying point is we do not know what could have occurred if somebody hadn’t intervened.

‘It’s not dramatic to say that if these behaviours are not stopped they can lead to far more violence and women of all ages becoming killed.’

Miss out on Akther has also criticised the sentence and promises he ‘got off lightly’.

She included: ‘Three points for pulling somebody in excess of and scaring the life out of them is very little.

‘Whenever I see flashing lights I get seriously terrified and think it really is him.

‘I didn’t go away my home for a 7 days just after the incident.

‘In the aftermath, I imagined of the Sarah Everard case. I know [her killer] Wayne Couzens was in fact a police officer but you never know what anyone is able of.

‘He could have completed anything at all to me.’