Not very clever.
One look at this massive array of medals - on a civilian jacket - even pinned across the lapel - is a dead giveaway.
What a buffoon.
However, our soldiers take the 'fake' soldiers' seriously. He may get a 'visit'
Posted on 05/26/2015 7:38:26 PM PDT by naturalman1975
AN arrest warrant has been issued for an accused fake war hero who told a magistrate he was dying of cancer after he failed to appear in court.
“Major-General” Neville Donohue faces deception charges, including impersonating a public official, and is also being chased for failing to repay a $460,000 loan.
Mr Donohue has repeatedly failed to appear in court, writing to a magistrate in February last year that he was dying of cancer and had just months to live.
On Monday, police officer Vaughan Atherton told the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court Mr Donohue was “an old-time swindler” after he again failed to appear.
This time, Mr Donohue submitted a statutory declaration claiming he was absent on “special military duty” and called for the charges against him to be heard in camera due to their sensitivity. He made a similar claim when he failed to appear in January.
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It amazes me that a genuine ex-soldier would think he could get away with this. What is seen in the photo is so over the top it is ridiculous.
He looks as if he should be trying out for a part in the Pirates of Penzance.
Section 8
If he’s mentally ill, some family member should be getting him into court so this can be formally identified and acknowledged. He does have family.
I think the Baker Act may apply to this guy.
Baker Act? Australia?
Not very clever.
One look at this massive array of medals - on a civilian jacket - even pinned across the lapel - is a dead giveaway.
What a buffoon.
However, our soldiers take the 'fake' soldiers' seriously. He may get a 'visit'
We have our own buffoons...
They never seem to go away.
I would hate to risk that being seen as a sign of fakery as it is entirely normal in those countries.
It's also considered legitimate to wear the medals of a deceased family member on the right breast (as the girl in the above photo is doing).
What is clearly wrong with this man is the wearing of the rows of medals as he is doing. If a person does happen to be one of those rare few who do have a great deal of legitimate medals (as in the following photo of one of Australia's greatest living war heroes Keith Payne VC OAM) they would still be worn as one mounting.
A Baker Act is a means of providing individuals with emergency services and temporary detention for mental health evaluation and treatment when required, either on a voluntary or an involuntary basis.
I know what the Baker Act is, didn’t know they used it in Australia, where this article originates.
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