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Charity worker posed as traffic cop

A STRANRAER charity worker impersonated a police officer to overtake a female motorist because he believed she was driving too slowly.

Ian Scott was a proud member of the Children's Panel, an officer in the British Red Cross and inspected conditions for prisoners in police custody.

But a "moment of madness" led to him impersonating a police officer.

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