A beauty salon owner has been fined after breaching Covid regulations by aiding a protest in Merseyside.
Julie Saunderson, 43, from Formby, who owns the “Skin Kerr” beauty salon in Bootle, encouraged a crowd of people protesting against the coronavirus restrictions imposed by the Government, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
Due to the rising number of cases in England, a nationwide lockdown was imposed from November 5 for four weeks.
This prompted protests in Merseyside on November 7, 8 and 21.
Sanderson, who previously was handed a closure notice by Sefton Council after her salon had a poster in its window denying the existence of Covid-19, was spotted by police officers monitoring the November 21 protest “encouraging” the crowd by shouting “this way” and gesticulating for them to follow her, the CPS added.
She was later charged with three counts of contravening Covid lockdown legislation.
It is not clear if the salon is still open or operating.
Sanderson pleaded not guilty but did not turn up for the…
