Empty chairs and tables are lined up outside a restaurant in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2020. Italy took a page from China???s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people ??? more than a quarter of its populati
CORONAVIRUS had its first impact on East Lancashire’s justice system when a man who had just returned from Venice turned up at Blackburn magistrates.
The man was a day early for a sentencing hearing and told probation he had got mixed up because he had just returned from the Italian city which is in a “locked down” area.
The court was told of the situation and magistrates ordered a two weeks adjournment so the defendant could self-isolate.
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