The 32-year-old faces a fine of up to £10,000 if convicted of breaching Covid-19 rules
A Londonderry man held in custody for refusing to quarantine after a return trip to Turkey has been released on bail.
Sam Marie McGinley, 32, of Rosecourt in Derry, was charged with breaching Covid-19 rules and resisting police. The court heard he had gone to Turkey for surgery but refused to quarantine in a Dublin hotel when he returned.Releasing him earlier, Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan warned that Mr McGinley was required to comply with Covid-19 restrictions and "will be subject to arrest if he does not isolate".
The court was told Mr McGinley had refused requests to book into a hotel for quarantine when he arrived back in Dublin on 4 August, and claimed he could not afford it.A prosecuting lawyer said Mr McGinley "told police that he believed he could do as he pleased because he was doing a lateral flow test for Covid".
Turkey is on the UK government's red list for travel and anybody arriving from there must self-isolate for 10 days in a government-approved quarantine hotel.A defence lawyer said it would have been unlawful to keep his client in prison until his isolation period ended.
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