Driver used stripper's hat to pretend he was a cop

A DRIVER caught up in a road rage row has admitted using a strippergram’s police-style cap to pose as a genuine traffic officer.

- By Chris Riches

Christopher Hughes had been given the fancy dress hat by the performer at his 60th birthday party, but later clashed with a driver he had allegedly cut up at a roundabout.

A court heard Hughes put the cap on and confronted the motorist, saying: “I’m allowed to drive like this. I’m on the job.”

But he was reported to real police after passengers in the van began laughing at him.

When he was questioned he admitted impersonating a police officer.

Hughes, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, was fined £40 with £101 in costs and a surcharge.