Six men and one woman were charged in court on June 2, for contravention of the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020

All seven of the accused were charged over an incident on May 16, where groups of people were observed gathering at various places in the Robertson Quay area.

URA and the Singapore Police Force have been investigating the matter.

All offered S$3,000 bail, ordered to surrender passport and travel documents

All of the accused, James Titus Beatt, Perry Scott Blair, Neil Gordan Buchan, Poynter Joseph William, Bao Nguyen Brown, Brown Jeffrey George, and Michael Czerny have been ordered to surrender their passport and travel documents.

According to charge sheets seen by Mothership, Beatt, Buchan, Blair, and Poynter are UK citizens, while Brown and George are U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, Czerny is an Austrian citizen.

Each of them has also been offered bail at S$3,000.

Of the seven accused, Czerny is also a Permanent Resident, with two children in school here, while Nguyen has been in Singapore for 14 years, with one child in school.

When Blair's defence lawyer pointed out that his client had mailed his passport back to the UK for renewal, the judge added that Blair's passport is to be surrendered once it has been returned from the UK.

All seven of the accused will return to court on June 16.

What did they do?

Three of the accused, Czerny, George, and Brown have been charged for meeting each other between about 6.08pm and 6.40pm on May 16, in the vicinity of a craft beer bar, TAP, for chats and drinks

Meanwhile the other four suspects, Beatt, Blair, Buchan and Poynter, have been charged for meeting each other in the vicinity of Rosso Vino located along 15 Merbau Road on the same day, also for chats and drinks, between 6.19pm and 6.44pm.

The charge sheets further noted that all of the accused had done so "without reasonable excuse and without permission."

For each charge of breaking Covid-19 rules, the accused can be subjected to an imprisonment term of up to six months or a fine of up to S$10,000 or both.

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