Ten-year sentences for Covid rule-breaking 'utterly ridiculous'

Judges will never impose such long jail terms, say critics, who dismiss plan as ‘misleading spin’ * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers have been accused of an “utterly ridiculous” overreach of power for threatening to impose 10-year jail sentences on travellers dodging quarantine rules. Jonathan Jones, the government’s former top lawyer who resigned earlier this year, tweeted that he would “eat a face mask” if the sentence was ever imposed, while Labour’s attorney general called it “misleading spin” that would never be enforced. Continue reading...
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