A NSW man who absconded from hotel quarantine in Hobart and sparked a three-day lockdown across southern Tasmania has been sentenced to five months' jail for breaching public health orders. 7NEWS
A NSW man who absconded from hotel quarantine in Hobart and sparked a three-day lockdown across southern Tasmania has been sentenced to five months' jail for breaching public health orders.
He had been directed to quarantine at Hobart's Travelodge hotel for two weeks when he landed several days earlier on a flight from Melbourne. He was sentenced in Hobart Magistrates Court on Tuesday to five months' jail, with two of those suspended.After leaving hotel quarantine, he spent time at a Woolworths in Hobart's northern suburbs as well as a house with several other people.
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