UK coronavirus live: Durham police find Dominic Cummings did breach lockdown rules, report says
Fines came a week after Dominic Cummings made similar journey, police reveal, as statement on adviser’s trip expected
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The prime minister’s most senior adviser did breach lockdown rules when he made the 50-mile trip to Barnard Castle, an investigation by Durham police has reportedly found.
Dominic Cummings claimed he made the journey on 12 April – Easter Sunday and his wife’s birthday – with his wife and four-year-old son to check his eyesight was sound before travelling back to London.
This is from the Telegraph’s Martin Evans
BREAKING: A Durham Police investigation has concluded that Dominic Cummings DID breach lockdown rules when he drove to Barnard Castle, the Telegraph has learned
Breaking: Durham Police said it was a “minor” breach and therefore they will take no further action.
Durham Police investigation says it does not consider he committed an offence by self isolating at his father’s farm.
Durham Police says the trip to Barnard Castle was a minor breach of the regulations that would have warranted police intervention.
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