He would have been freed on Monday but instead, he will spend a full month in jail. FMTNews Australia Quarantine Virus
SYDNEY: An Australian who repeatedly snuck out of coronavirus quarantine, reportedly to visit his girlfriend, was jailed for a month Tuesday — the first person imprisoned under the country’s lockdown laws.
He told Perth’s Magistrates Court on Tuesday that he first flouted the law to get food but hours later broke quarantine again because he missed his girlfriend, Seven News reported. Under laws aimed at stopping the spread of the virus, David was required to isolate for 14 days after arriving in Perth from the southeastern state of Victoria on March 28.
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