A police force has admitted wrongly charging a woman fined for loitering at a railway station under the Coronavirus Act 2020.
According to police, Marie Dinou, 41, refused to explain to officers her reason for essential travel when they found her on a platform at Newcastle railway station.
They arrested her for ticket fraud and for allegedly breaching the new Coronavirus Act. Two days later she appeared in court and pleaded her innocence, but was found guilty.
Ms Dinou, from York, was fined £85 for ticket fraud and £660 for breaking the new regulations on leaving home without a reasonable excuse.