<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A private investigator who once touted himself as Australia's best thief catcher has fronted court accused of pretending to be a police officer and taking money from a teenager and the boy's mother.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shane Windred once appeared on </span><em><span>A Current Affair </span></em><span>as a self-proclaimed expert on how to catch a thief.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jobs-to-be-cut-under-transport-for-nsw-restructure/869b4c9b-d491-4e09-aed6-570fb0b6aad1" target="_blank"><strong><span>Public service workers cleaned out as 1000 jobs axed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today the 59-year-old did not speak in front of the camera as he fronted court on allegations he stole hundreds of dollars from a 16-year-old and his mother.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Windred was working as a security guard when police allege he stopped the boy inside IGA at Tramsheds in Sydney's inner west on July 11, accusing the teenager of shoplifting before producing a silver badge and claiming to be a police officer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is then alleged he took the teenager and his mother into an office in the supermarket and demanded a $500 gift card.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/private-investigator-accused-of-taking-money-from-mum-at-supermarket-in-glebe-in-sydneys-inner-west/cc721eb3-8f08-43e8-8b4f-c3907a9f950a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Windred did not enter a plea in court, his lawyer instead asking for an adjournment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 59-year-old's case will be heard again in September.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>