The BBC reports….
A Devon coffee shop has lost its appeal against a Covid lockdown breach of regulations, but had its fines halved.
Finla Coffee had initially been fined £42,768 after breaching Covid laws in November 2020.
Its directors Michael Penslebury, 35, and Deanne Yates, 34, had allowed customers to eat and drink inside.
The judge reduced the £30,000 in fines to a total of £15,000, plus the legal costs of £12,000 from the original case and £4,000 from the appeal.
Yates had previously said the coffee shop wanted “to keep the vulnerable and lonely connected”.
In July they were each convicted of failing to close and cease selling food and drink on their premises in Plympton on consecutive days in November 2020, as was the company.
Read more. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-60619489
