Notorious Walter Mitty trickster Anthony Brennan punished for fantastic plot that saw blind Army veteran travel to Tanzania for diplomatic meeting he'd dreamed up.
Notorious Walter Mitty trickster Anthony Brennan punished for fantastic plot that saw blind Army veteran travel to Tanzania for diplomatic meeting he'd dreamed up.has been sentenced for fraudulently sending a blind pensioner on a “wild goose chase” mission to Tanzania - and stealing his precious Army medals.who has wreaked havoc with fantastic stories of his imaginary grand achievements, won the trust of ex-serviceman Bill Mackie, 72, after the pair both signed up to join the obscure International Human Rights Commission charity.and boast of huge wealth - allowed him to become the UK commissioner of the IHRC .
He also convinced Bill that he had the power to appoint him as a special agent of Interpol.led to Bill and wife Heather, 67, buying plane tickets and turning up for a meeting with the Tanzanian foreign minister in the African nation’s capital of Dogdoma in 2023. At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, Sheriff Shirley Foran ordered Brennan, 31, to undertake community payback and 12 months of supervision - and to repay Bill £397 for medals Brennan took from him and never returned.
After the sentencing Bill said: “I am happy that this case has concluded because it dragged on for ages.
“I’m angry that I was taken in but I had no idea of who this man was until I was in Tanzania awaiting a meeting with the country’s foreign minister and was told that no meeting had been arranged. “When that lie was exposed all the others fell into place and I realised that Tony was just a wild fantasist.
He added: “I’d like to think that he will learn from this latest court appearance but fear he won’t be able to stop himself from doing similar stuff to other unsuspecting victims. ”Among the medals lost by Bill was one from serving tours in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, as well as his service medal.
He said: “This is an unusual set of circumstances, I think that Mr Brennan has acknowledged the motivations of being purely financial in his conduct.
“Previous assessments of Mr Brennan have confirmed a level of psychological disturbance, as the author of the report has put it, which presents as grandiose and is suggestive of narcissistic characteristics. ”The Daily Record has repeatedly exposed the outlandish situations that Brennan has constructed, usually with victims left shell-shocked. out of pocket or angry.
Prior to sentencing yesterday Brennan admitted a charge that, whilst volunteering for the non-profit charity organisation, International Human Rights Commission, he pretended to Bill that he had bought him gifts and diplomatic identification. During the bonkers trip to Tanzania, Bill and Heather Mackie were emailed fake invitations for the Coronation of King Charles.
Pic shows fake invite to the Coronation of King Charles III by Anthony Brennan - the conman sent it to Bill Mackie while he was in TanzaniaIt was only after reading previous stories about Brennan in the Record that Bill realised he would not be attending the royal occasion.
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