A pub owner has been ordered to pay more than £3,500 after he was found to be breaching Covid restrictions on two separate occasions last year.
Durham County Council took legal action against Anthony Nicholson, who owns Finnians on Trafalgar Street, Consett, for failing to follow health protection regulations last June. At the time, the country was in Step 3 of the government's roadmap out of lockdown.
Regulations at the time required customers of indoor hospitality to be seated while ordering, eating and drinking. However, on 20 June 2021, the council received information showing members of the public being served at the bar, where individuals were also sat directly opposite Nicholson, with no social distancing measures in place and no screens or barriers in place to protect staff.
