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Call for Amnesty on £17 Million of Unpaid Lockdown Fines

by Will Jones
14 December 2023 5:00 PM

Almost half of lockdown fines – totalling nearly £17 million – remain unpaid and are crippling those liable for them, it is reported, as lawyers call for an amnesty. ITV News has the story.

Lawyers are calling for an amnesty on lockdown fines, as figures obtained by ITV News reveal that tens of thousands remain unpaid.

In total, 124,771 fines had been issued up to October of this year for violation of pandemic rules.

But almost half – 54,122 – were not paid, totalling £16.7 million in fines.

Some individuals owe more than £10,000, with their cases pursued through the courts and via bailiffs.

In Manchester, we met Xen Watts, who was a student at Leeds University during the pandemic.

He posted on Facebook inviting people to a ‘socially distanced’ snowball fight, which was captured on video and shared on social media.

Xen was fined £10,000 but says he has been unable to pay.

“For the last few years it’s just been a constant stress on my mental health, which is getting worse because the threats and the pressure to pay is getting worse,” he said.

The vast majority of Covid fines were issued to young people, with students and ethnic minorities disproportionately affected.

Two days before we interviewed Xen, bailiffs had visited his home.

“I would rather the first thing on my mind not be ‘is someone going to take my things or imprison me?’ it’s not a nice thing to think,” he said.

While Xen is left owing thousands of pounds, there is anger at the comparison with Downing Street, where those embroiled in partygate were fined just £50.

In Welwyn Garden City, Toriano Reid was fined £14,300 for a mistake made by someone else he was living with.

He had been working at the local supermarket and was not at the illegal gathering held in his garden, but because the house was in Toriano’s name he was the recipient of the fine.

Bailiffs have continued to chase him for the money, and even recently clamped his car.

Almost four years on Toriano has lost his family home, his partner and at times even his will to live.

“I didn’t know where to get the money, I work like everyone else. I’ve got no savings. I genuinely don’t know what to do,” he said.

“I could work until I was blue in the face and it still wouldn’t be enough,” he added.

Toriano has set up a crowd funding page to help him pay the fine.

Worth reading in full.

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At first I thought this item was I joke, but its obviously all too real, along with all the other lies, what a worrying future we are creating!

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