A couple have been slapped with a coronavirus breach fine for doing an everyday thing – but it’s their excuse that didn’t fly with cops.
The man and woman from Preston in Melbourne’s inner north were found at Koondrook, a small country town on the Murray River in the state’s northwest, on Thursday.
The pair were among 100 Victorians fined for breaching the chief health officer’s directions in the past 24 hours.
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