A student in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, was caught breaking quarantine after an Instagram photo showed her out at a restaurant, and she agreed to pay a fine of about $8,500 (6,600 British pounds) to avoid a jail sentence.
According to contact tracers, Carys, 22, traveled on a flight from Manchester and was seated near an infected traveler. She was required to self isolate at her family’s home on the island.
Instead, authorities say she went shopping and dined out, and she was easily traced after posting photos from the restaurant to Instagram.
Reports say Carys pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching self isolation rules and chose to pay the fine instead of facing up to six months in jail.
A member of the island’s contact tracing team said it was “regrettable that someone should endanger the health of other Islanders after being informed of the need to self isolate.”
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