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Coronavirus: Woman fined £660 for refusing to tell police why she'd left her home
A woman who was the first person to be arrested on the railways for breaching coronavirus restrictions has been fined £660.
Marie Dinou, 41, from York, was found "loitering between platforms" at Newcastle Central Station at around 8am on Saturday.
Officers called to the station approached Dinou and attempted to explain the reasons behind government rules behind essential travel during the pandemic.
However, Dinou refused to speak to officers, and she was subsequently arrested on suspicion of travel fraud and breaching the restrictions imposed under the new Coronavirus Act 2020.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/marie-dinou-coronavirus-restrictions-103952472.html
A woman who was the first person to be arrested on the railways for breaching coronavirus restrictions has been fined £660.
Marie Dinou, 41, from York, was found "loitering between platforms" at Newcastle Central Station at around 8am on Saturday.
Officers called to the station approached Dinou and attempted to explain the reasons behind government rules behind essential travel during the pandemic.
However, Dinou refused to speak to officers, and she was subsequently arrested on suspicion of travel fraud and breaching the restrictions imposed under the new Coronavirus Act 2020.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/marie-dinou-coronavirus-restrictions-103952472.html
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A woman was fined £660 after being wrongfully charged with a crime under new coronavirus laws, police have admitted.
Marie Dinou, 41, had refused to give police officers her name, address or reasons for travel.
They questioned her because she was “loitering” at Newcastle Central station on Saturday.
She was convicted of an offence under the Coronavirus Act 2020 at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on Monday, despite not being present at the hearing.
A judge fined her £660 and ordered her to pay a £66 victim surcharge and £85 in costs.
Following concerns raised by legal professionals, the conviction is to be quashed and police admitted it “shouldn’t have happened”.
It comes amid confusion over the extent of the new coronavirus laws and concern about inconsistent enforcement between different police forces.
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