LONDON — Last Thursday, Dale Mclaughlan bought a Jet Ski. On Monday, the 28-year-old Scotsman was sentenced to four weeks in jail. He later told the authorities that he had never ridden a Jet Ski before and that bad weather on the Irish Sea caused the trip to stretch to four and a half hours. Mr. Mclaughlan finally reached his girlfriend on Friday night, after walking 15 miles from the Isle of Man’s coast to her home in its capital, Douglas. The couple spent the weekend enjoying the city’s nightlife, but their reunion was cut short, when he was arrested and later charged with one count of violating the Isle of Man’s coronavirus restrictions.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2020 17:15 UTC