An infected Sydney tradie who ignored border bans and travelled to Queensland where he triggered a major Covid scare has shown no remorse.
George Thompson, 26, was fined almost $10,000 for flouting lockdown laws and only escaped a criminal charge because police wanted to deal with it immediately .
He insists he had no clue he had Covid and when asked if he understood why people were angry he said that reaction was fair enough but he wasn t fazed by what others thought of him.
George Thompson (pictured) was supposed to be isolating in Sydney but instead took a cross-border holiday into Queensland
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The Qantas flight attendant and Sydney tradie who sparked new fears coronavirus had spread in Queensland have been revealed, with the woman also said to be an ex-partner of one of the state s most notorious criminals.
Malynda Gray, 36, who also goes by Mel Waterhouse, has been identified as the woman who moved around in south-east Queensland for a week after experiencing Covid symptoms, The Courier-Mail reported.
Ms Gray felt ill on July 13 but then visited multiple locations in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, including the Dreamworld theme park at Coomera. She returned a positive Covid test on July 22.
She also travelled across the Queensland-NSW border to Ballina on July 14 to collect a 26-year-old man now identified as George Thompson, 26, a Sydney tradesman.
Zip ‘Em Up vs. Ohio 1804: Preview
Xavier’s alums begin their TBT journey with an all-Ohio matchup.
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Zip ‘Em Up’s journey begins (and perhaps ends) with a showdown against the alumni team representing THE Ohio University, Ohio 1804. 1804 was the year the university was founded and also the year during which the Aaron Burr/Alexander Hamilton duel took place, although the events are likely not linked in any meaningful way. 1804 boasts a similar roster composition to Zip ‘Em Up in that it is made mostly, but not entirely, of players from the school which lends the team their name.
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