COVID restrictions may have been lifted, but those who breached them while they were in place are being hauled before the the courts.

They include one man who failed to take a covid test when returning from abroad.

Six people from Bolton have been fined for breaches of coronavirus rules this month – a year on from when the offences took place.

England abolished restrictions which had been brought in to prevent the spread of the virus last month.

These included lifting bans on people from different households mixing together and the requirement for people who had been abroad to test and isolate.

However courts are still processing those who broke the rules.

Hassan Mehrai arrived in England in March last year.

However he failed to process a coronavirus testing package.

He pleaded guilty to the allegation, which breached regulation 3B of the Health Protection Regulations of 2020, when the case called at Tameside Magistrates’ Court recently.

Following the outcome Mehrai, whose address was given at Beaumont Chase in Bolton, was hit with a fine of £320.

The 52-year-old was given the chance to pay off the money owed at a rate of £20 per week.

The court took the guilty plea of Mehrai into account when determining the sentence to impose.

Robert Bartos, Sofia Bartosova, Marcella Bartosova, Norbert Bartos and Erika Kovacova, were all penalised for the taking part in a meeting, which at the time broke the rules.

The four of them all met up at a property on Wemsley Grove in Bolton in a gathering which contained more than two people.

The area was under tier four regulations  - the most strict rules in place at the time.

The group all pleaded guilty to the offence, which breached regulation 10 of the Health Protections Act of 2020.

Following the plea Robert Bartos, 33 and from Aldercroft Avenue in Bolton, Sofia Bartosova, 27 and from Wemsley Grove in Bolton, Norbert Bartos, 27 and from East Way in Bolton, Marcella Bartosova, 33 and from Aldercroft Avenue in Bolton and Erika Kovacova, 27 and from East Way in Bolton, were all fined £66.

The court took the guilty pleas entered into account when determining the sentence to impose.