JUST IN: A Perth man who repeatedly broke quarantine to visit his girlfriend is the first person in Australia to be JAILED for the offence. 9News
The concreter had flown in from Victoria on March 27 and was under a strict order to isolate for 14 days.
But the father-of-two was spotted outside his room at least five times before hotel staff notified police. Even after officers caught him in the act, David snuck out again that night and caught a train to his partner's house in Armadale.Jonathan David said he breached coronavirus quarantine because he missed his girlfriend.
David's lawyer told the court he was originally meant to be quarantining at his girlfriend's house but they had an argument after two days and police moved him to a hotel.Prosecutors described his actions as "selfish and extreme" - which resulted in David finishing his isolation behind bars.For breaking news alerts and livestreams straight to your smartphone sign up to the
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