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A private investigator, once claiming to be Australia’s top “thief catcher,” appeared in court accused of impersonating a police officer and extracting money from a teenager and his mother.
Shane Windred once appeared on A Current Affair as a self-proclaimed expert on how to catch a thief.
“Expect the unexpected, from the well dressed to the poorly dressed to the old to the young, anyone can rip you off,” Windred said at the time.
The 59-year-old remained silent before the camera today as he appeared in court, facing accusations that he unlawfully took several hundred dollars from a 16-year-old and the youth’s mother.
According to police, while working as a security guard, Windred allegedly confronted the teenager inside IGA at Tramsheds in Sydney’s inner west on July 11, accusing him of stealing and then showed a silver badge, pretending to be a police officer.
It is then alleged he took the teenager and his mother into an office in the supermarket and demanded a $500 gift card.
Windred did not enter a plea in court, his lawyer instead asking for an adjournment.
The 59-year-old’s case will be heard again in September.
