Updated: 23 Apr 2021, 16:35 Invalid Date, A SALON owner has said she is "happy" to pay a £635 fine after breaking Covid rules to host a balloon release for her dad-in-law who died of the bug. Vicki Hutchinson, 34, had faced a £10,000 fixed penalty for holding an illegal gathering of more than 30 people in November. �� 2 Vicki Hutchinson, 34, had faced a £10,000 fixed penalty for holding an illegal gathering of more than 30 peopleCredit: PA But that was reduced after she attended Peterlee Magistrates' Court on Friday to admit the offence, based on her ability to pay. On November 11, the mother-of-three had posted an invitation on her Facebook page for friends and family of Ian Stephenson to attend a balloon release on a field opposite the church where his funeral was due to take place in the following days.