UK Police recommend 20 fixed penalty notices over lockdown parties
March 29, 2022, 11:09 am

UK Police recommend 20 fixed penalty notices over lockdown parties

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The Guardian reported, Scotland Yard has said that twenty fixed penalty notices will be issued for lockdown rule breaches of Covid rules following allegations of lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street.

The Metropolitan police said the fines were the first to be issued and that those who received the fines would not be named publicly, according to the professional practice guidance for fixed penalty notices.

The Guardian reported on Monday night that 20 fines were expected for the most straightforward cases, meaning Boris Johnson is unlikely to be among them as he has denied breaking the law.

In a statement, the force said there was a “significant amount of investigative material that remains to be assessed” and that further fines would be issued if the evidence threshold was met.

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The Guardian mentioned that police are investigating 12 separate events in 2020 and 2021, six of which Johnson is said to have attended. The force said it had obtained more than 300 photographs and 500 pages of documents showing what Sue Gray’s inquiry believes to be potential rule-breaking.

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It noted that the Met said it would not confirm the number of referrals from each individual event, saying that may inadvertently lead to identification of the individuals.

Source: theguardian

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