A man who rode a jet ski across the Irish Sea from Scotland to the Isle of Man has been jailed for breaching COVID-19 laws.
Dale McLaughlan, 28, spent four and a half hours riding the watercraft, which he had never ridden before, from Scotland s Isle of Whithorn to Ramsey, at Isle of Man, on Friday.
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The man rode a jet ski from Scotland to the Isle of Man (pictured), on Friday.(Getty Images/EyeEm)
The Scottish man, from North Ayrshire, travelled the 40km journey to visit his girlfriend, who he met on a night out in September.
Under the Isle of Man s COVID-19 laws, non-residents can t enter the island without special permission.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM 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.
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The dumb things we do for love.
A man that crossed the Irish Sea on a jet ski to meet his girlfriend has been jailed for breaching the coronavirus restrictions.
Dale McLaughlan, who is 28 years old, took 4 hours and 30-minute travel from Scotland to the Isle of Man to meet his girlfriend.
The man did the act on Friday this week.
Dale used a jet sky despite never having used it before.
Right now, the Isle of Man’s have laws, which only allows residents to enter the island.
16 Dec 2020
A lovesick man who travelled from Scotland to the Isle of Man on a jet ski to see his girlfriend has been convicted of breaking the island’s coronavirus laws and sentenced to one month in prison.
Dale McLaughlan, 28, had never used a jet ski before but bought the device and set off from the Isle of Whithorn, Scotland, on Friday to Ramsey. Expecting the journey to last only 40 minutes, it took Mr McLaughlan four-and-a-half hours to cover the 25-mile trip across the Irish Sea. He then had a 15-mile trek from the coast to his girlfriend’s home in Douglas, the island’s capital.
WATER ROMANTIC
Moment jet ski Romeo arrives after 4.5hr journey across Irish Sea to see girlfriend with only 10 MINS of fuel left
Updated: 15 Dec 2020, 21:15
THIS is the moment a lovesick Romeo arrived after an epic 25 mile journey across the Irish Sea on a jet ski to see his girlfriend - with only 10 MINUTES worth of fuel left.
Dale McLaughlan, 28, spent 4.5 hours on the machine having never used one before after setting sail from the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, on Friday.
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The Ayrshire roofer made the bonkers trip to see his girlfriend
The roofer, from Irvine, Ayrshire, thought the trip would only take him 40 minutes - but spent hours crossing the Irish Sea due to bad weather.