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Girlfriend of jet skier who crossed Irish Sea to reach her says ‘he’s my hero’ and begs ‘let him out of jail for Xmas’
Ellie Cambridge
18 Dec 2020, 14:27
THE girlfriend of a jet skier dad who crossed the Irish Sea to reach her has called him my hero as she begs for him to be let out of jail for Christmas.
Jessica Radcliffe, 30, says she was bowled over by Dale McLaughlan s gesture of love when he made the 25-mile journey to visit her on the Isle of Man.
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He was pictured as he arrived on the Isle of Man last week
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A love-struck Scotsman described by a friend as “thick as a brick” and unable to swim rode a jet ski across the Irish Sea to spend some time with his girlfriend, according to multiple reports.
Dale McLaughlan, 28, was sentenced to four weeks of jail time on Monday for the bizarre – and incredibly dangerous – 40-km journey on a personal watercraft from Scotland’s Isle of Whithorn to the Isle of Man. He was deemed to have arrived in Douglas, the Isle of Man’s main town, illegally during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Published December 16, 2020 3:56pm A lovesick Scottish man who bought a jet-ski so he could evade lockdown measures to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man has been jailed for breaching coronavirus restrictions, reports said. Dale McLaughlan from Ayrshire in southern Scotland met his girlfriend while working as a roofer on the island in the Irish Sea in September, the BBC reported Tuesday. Coronavirus restrictions on the tax haven famous for the annual Tourist Trophy motorcycle race mean non-residents currently require special permission to land on the island. But after returning to Scotland when his contract ended, McLaughlan was denied permission to re-enter the island, the BBC said.
Lovesick Scot jailed for breaching Covid rules on jet ski odyssey
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23 A photo posted on the internet of McLaughlan arriving in Ramsey harbour, Isle of Man, after a four-hour trip by jet ski across the chilly and choppy Irish Sea, before walking 24 kilometres to see his girlfriend.
LONDON: A lovesick Scot who bought a jet ski so he could evade lockdown measures to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man has been jailed for breaching coronavirus restrictions, reports said.
Dale McLaughlan from Ayrshire in southern Scotland met his girlfriend while working as a roofer on the island in the Irish Sea in September, the BBC reported Tuesday.
Romeo jet skier, 28, who was jailed for riding across Irish Sea from Scotland to see his girlfriend on Isle of Man CAN T SWIM and only had 10 minutes of fuel left - as his shocked mother says: He could have killed himself
Dale McLaughlan made daring trip despite never driving a jet ski before Friday
After reaching land, he had to trek another 15 miles on foot to see his partner
The 28-year-old was jailed for four weeks after admitting arriving unlawfully
Family insider tells MailOnline thick as a brick roofer can t even swim
Dale s mother is furious because he will miss Christmas with his two children