Court date for Covid breach charges
ASKELMERSDALE man has appeared in court accused of breaching coronavirus regulations.
Allan Weir, of Parkside Avenue, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court after anti-lockdown protests in the city last year.
Weir, 43, denied failing to provide his name and address, breaching coronavirus regulations by leaving a property and participating in an outdoor gathering.
He appeared alongside two other defendants also charged with breaching coronavirus regulations.
Julie Saunderson, owner of Skin Kerr salon in Bootle, is charged with three counts of breaching the rules.
Around 200 people turned up to the protest on November 21 last year – but the salon owner told magistrates that she wasn’t one of them.
Saunderson stood in the dock at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.
The 42-year-old pleaded not guilty to breaching coronavirus regulations by leaving a property, participating in a gathering of two or more people in a public place and organising or being involved in a gathering consisting of more than 30 persons.
The charges relate to events which allegedly took place on Renshaw Street in Liverpool city centre.
Saunderson, of Callan Crescent, Formby, appeared alongside Richard Downes, 42, and Weir.
Downes, of Borella Road, Tuebrook, denied failing to give his name and address when asked by a police officer, participating in a gathering of two or more people in a public place and leaving a property in breach of coronavirus regulations.
Joshua Hodkinson, of Avondale Road, Hoylake, did not appear at the court hearing after being charged with failing to provide his details to a constable.
The 28-year-old’s hearing was adjourned until March 12.
Downes will face a trial on August 25 while Saunderson will face a trial two days later on August 27 at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.
Weir will face a trial on August 17 at Wirral Magistrates’ Court.