2 more charged in court for meeting at Robertson Quay during Circuit Breaker

Both are British citizens.

Tanya Ong | June 16, 2020, 12:16 PM

Two other men have been charged in court on Tuesday (June 16), over meeting up at Robertson Quay during the Circuit Breaker period.

According to CNA, the two men are accused of meeting each other and other individuals who did not live in the same household.

They had allegedly met to chat and drink near Limoncello restaurant at 95 Robertson Quay in the afternoon of May 16.

Alfred Jon Veloso Waring, 34, and Olagunju Daniel Olalekan Olasunkanmi, 30, who are both British citizens, were each charged with one count of breaching Regulation 6 of the Covid-19 regulations.

They will return to court on July 7.

Seven others charged

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

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.

Three of them, 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".

They will return to court on June 16.

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