Authorities in Singapore sentenced a British man to two weeks in prison after he broke the city’s hotel-quarantine laws to spend the night with his fiancée upstairs.
Nigel Skea, 52, used the emergency staircase at the Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore Hotel to visit Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, 39, in September last year, the BBC reported.
By law, new arrivals in Singapore must spend 14 days in a hotel room as a precaution against imported cases of COVID-19.
After arriving in Singapore from London on September 20, Skea told Eyamalai — who lives in the city and did not need to quarantine at the time — to book a room in his hotel, prosecutors said, according to Channel News Asia.
During the two-week stay, Skea walked up several flights of stairs to meet Eyamalai on the 27th floor, where Eyamalai opened an emergency-exit door for him, prosecutors said, according to Channel News Asia.
Skea pleaded guilty to one charge of contravening a control order and one charge of not wearing a face covering on February 15, Channel News Asia reported.
On Friday, a Singapore court sentenced Skea to two weeks in prison and gave him a fine of 1,000 Singapore dollars ($739), Channel News Asia reported. Eyamalai was also sentenced to one week in prison, the outlet said.
Skea and Eyamalai have since married, the BBC reported.
