Novice who jetskied Irish Sea to see his girl jailed for breaking Covid rules
His subsequent application to return was rejected but he decided to make the journey anyway. From his home in Irvine, North Ayrshire, McLaughlan went to the Isle of Whithorn, from where he rode the jetski to the Isle of Man last Friday. Douglas courthouse heard he expected the trip to take 40 minutes instead of nearly five hours. After he arrived at Ramsey at around 1pm, he walked 15 miles to his girlfriend's home in Douglas. The following afternoon, when stopped by a police officer, he gave her address as his own. Dale McLaughlan jetskied four-and-a-half hours to visit his girlfriend (Image:...