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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Lucinda Cameron & Ellie Kemp

Margaret Ferrier MP who travelled by train in lockdown knowing she had Covid sentenced

An MP who admitted putting people at risk by travelling on a train from London to Scotland knowing she had Covid-19 has been sentenced.

Margaret Ferrier travelled in and around Glasgow and to London in September 2020 after taking a test for coronavirus. While awaiting the results, the now independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West spoke in the Houses of Parliament and visited places in London.

A court heard she then took the train home to Glasgow after being told she had tested positive for Covid-19. At the time she represented the SNP.

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