Steven Wayne Scott; phony deployments affected his driving

Someone sent us a link to the Australian press’ story about this fellow, Steven Wayne Scott, who was facing a number of driving offenses in the courts Down Under, so his lawyer defended his crimes with his war stories. Our friends at Australian and New Zealand Military Imposters (ANZMI) say that he never left the continent during his military service. From the article;

Steven Wayne Scott’s deployments to war-torn nations were used in his defence when he fronted Darwin Magistrates Court in April last year and pleaded guilty to a range of driving offences.

Defence lawyer Peter Maley told the court the 23-year-old had served “four and a half years in the Australian Defence Force … he served overseas in Afghanistan and East Timor”.

“He’s done two tours of duty and has served with distinction. He was injured during the course of conflict,” Mr Maley said.

From ANZMI;

From information we have about Steven Wayne Scott’s army service we can confidently say, that apart from possibly some border protection operations, he has never left Australian shores, let alone seen active duty in Afghanistan or East Timor. As our original informant remarked, Scott was a liar when he served in the Australian Army and apparently still is. This may have been one of the reasons Scott and the military parted company with his file apparently marked ‘Retention not in the Service’s interests’.

Of course, Scott doesn’t know where the war stories came from, blaming his lawyer, his lawyer doesn’t think that’s funny;

Mr Maley said he had no independent recollection of Scott’s case, but said in his 24 years as a defence lawyer he had never said anything unless instructed by his client.

“As a legal practitioner my job is to articulate my client’s instructions,” he said.

Category: Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures