Two men have been fined £200 each for breaking national coronavirus lockdown rules by not wearing face masks while shopping in an Aldi supermarket.
They were spotted by police entering a store in the Knowsley area of Merseyside, in the West Midlands, at 6.30pm yesterday.
As well as not wearing masks the pair, aged 18 and 21, also failed to socially distance from other shoppers, according to the police.
When they left the supermarket the men were approached by the officers and given fines for non-compliance with Covid regulations.
Knowsley Community Policing Inspector Peter Rexwinkel said: We know that rates of Coronavirus in the Knowsley area are at a very high level and it is important that we do all that we can to reduce the numbers and keep people safe.
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The shoppers were not wearing masks at Aldi in Huyton TWO men have been fined for not wearing face masks while shopping in a Knowsley supermarket, police have confirmed. Officers were on patrol in the Huyton area at 6.30pm yesterday, Thursday, January 14, when they entered the Aldi store on Cronton Road. They saw two men were not wearing masks or socially distancing. When they left the store the men, aged 18 and 21, were approached and given fines for non-compliance with Covid regulations for not wearing a mask or having a reasonable excuse. In a separate incident officers were called to a property in Hollies Road in Halewood, Merseyside at 2.20am today, Friday January, 15 following reports of a disturbance.
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