Zara lands in second row about Covid restrictions
CLAIMS SHE FLOUTED MASK RULES
LOVE Island star Zara Holland is at the centre of another Covid-related controversy after returning to her native Hull.
The TV star was photographed without a mask at her family’s workplace, just days after the former beauty queen’s release in Barbados after flouting pandemic laws there.
Mask-free Zara was snapped carrying clothing in and out of the distribution centre for her shop Mimi Boutique in Hessle, reports the Sun.
She co-owns the business with her mum Cheryl Hakeney, who was also not wearing a face covering - nor were three other men seen entering and exiting the building in Hull.
Zara said: “Only my mum and I work part-time in that part of the building. Anyone else seen entering or leaving is nothing to do with the boutique. It is not open to the public.”
The star faced jail in Barbados this month for trying to flee with partner Elliott Love, 30, after he tested positive for Covid. Caribbean hazmat-suited cops swooped on the couple as they tried boarding a British Airways plane home to avoid being admitted to a quarantine facility.
An onlooker at the distribution centre said: “It’s shocking how blatantly Zara and her mum were disobeying the rules. Surely after what she has just been through in Barbados she would make sure she was wearing her mask at every opportunity.
“No wonder she’s become the poster girl for privileged celebs who think the rules don’t apply to them.”
In Barbados, Zara narrowly avoided prison time after trying to flee the country with boyfriend Elliot Love who had tested positive for Covid-19.
The Love Island star, 25, received a £4,417 fine ($12,000 Barbados dollars). A different tourist from Jamaica was jailed for six months last week for a less serious offence.
The reality star’s appearance at District A Magistrates’ Court in St Thomas comes days after the former beauty queen was arrested at the airport.
She was accompanied by boyfriend Elliot Love, who had tested positive for Covid-19 - as they tried to escape quarantine and make it home to the UK.
Zara and Elliot had been given red wristbands and told to remain in their room at the £300 a night Sugar Bay Hotel until they could be taken to an isolation centre in the north of the popular resort.
The two travellers decided to ignore rules and cut off their bands before booking a British Airway flight back to the UK where the pair were later arrested and taken to a military unit.