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Zara Holland avoids jail but handed £4K fine after breaking Barbados' Covid laws

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Zara Holland has avoided being jailed in Barbados after pleading guilty to trying to flee the country with boyfriend Elliot Love, who had tested positive for coronavirus.

The Love Island star, 25, received a £4,417 fine ($12,000 Barbados dollars) for breaching quarantine rules despite a tourist from Jamaica being jailed for six months last week for a less serious offence.

Zara arrived at court dressed in a blue face mask and a smart black dress after leaving the £350 a night Hilton Hotel she has been staying at.

The former beauty queen's appearance at District A Magistrates Court in St Thomas comes days after she was 'intercepted' at the airport - along with boyfriend Elliot, who had tested positive for covid - as they tried to make it

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