A man from Hertfordshire travelled more than 150 miles to Dorset during the first lockdown.
A MAN who drove over 150 miles to visit Lulworth is one of the hundreds of people who have been fined for failing to abide by coronavirus rules.
Glenn Goddard, aged 54, visited Lulworth from his home in Hertfordshire during the UK’s first national lockdown on April 12 last year, Weymouth Magistrates Court heard.
Goddard pleaded guilty to travelling 154 miles without reasonable excuse during the coronavirus emergency period, to the Dorset beauty spot from his home of Castle Close, Hoddesden.
Forces across the UK have broken up parties and meet-ups and fined people for visiting beauty spots despite lockdown rules.
Goddard was fined £350, and will have to a victim surcharge of £32, which will have to paid at £20 a month.
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