Garda impersonator convicted on firearms, child porn charges

A serial garda impersonator who stopped Dublin motorists for speeding and having no lights has been given an 18-month suspended sentence for possessing unlicensed firearms and child porn.

William Derwin (aged 41) revealed he had stopped members of the public four times while dressed as a garda and had tried to “blag” his way out of a checkpoint in this way before he was finally caught dangerously driving a Ford Mondeo fitted with aerials to look like an official unmarked patrol vehicle.