‘Fake admiral’ pleads guilty to dressing in Navy uniform at Remembrance Sunday memorial | UK | News

Jonathan Carley pleaded guilty at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court to attending a wreath-laying ceremony on Remembrance Sunday without permission, posing as a Royal Navy admiral. The court heard the 65-year-old wore the jersey at the Remembrance Sunday event in Llandudno on November 9.

He later told police that his naval uniform was legally issued to him when he was a student, but that he had his rear admiral’s rings cut to him by a tailor and that he bought the medal online. District Judge Gwyn Jones fined Carley £500 and ordered him to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a surcharge of £200.

He said: “It’s a shame for you to choose to do something like this on a very difficult day for so many people.”

Prosecutor Jams Neary said Carley wore medals, including for service in Iraq and Syria, at the “well-attended” ceremony and approached organizers to introduce herself.

“The defendant was allowed to lay a wreath. He did so, saluted and stood among other dignitaries.”
His photo later went viral on social media, and when he was arrested on November 14 he told police: “I’ve been waiting for you.”

In the interview, he told police he wanted a sense of “belonging and validation.”

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