Love, the boyfriend of Former Love Island Star Zara Holland is accused of contravening
Paragraph 14 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Curfew (No.4) Directive in that being a person in quarantine at Sugar Bay Hotel did leave the premises without reasonable explanation on December 29.
Love’s attorney-at-law Harry Husbands told the court that Love’s “situation is quite different from his girlfriend … he is a very normal guy . . . A demolition man”.
After making an assessment of Love’s financial means, Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes fined him $8, 000 in seven days or nine months in prison. The fine was paid.
He is scheduled to leave Barbados later today.
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ARRACUDA, BLUE MARLIN and red snapper were for sale before Christmas at Millie Ifill fish market, but only to those who observed pandemic protocol: “No Mask No Service”, said a large sign. Local discipline and tests on travellers kept covid-19 cases in Barbados to a trickle. After a lockdown, bars and boutiques were doing brisk business. Reservations at restaurants such as the Fish Pot at Little Good Harbour were becoming hard to get. Locals said the island was in its own little bubble.
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The bubble has burst. On December 31st the government scuppered “Old Year’s Night” fireworks parties. A curfew extends from 9pm to 5am, to contain a surge in infections. Nearby St Vincent has declared Barbados a “high-risk country”.
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While the 25-year-old appeared in court today, Mr Love remained in quarantine at the Paragon Isolation Centre.
Former Miss Great Britain Zara Holland has avoided prison in Barbados after she appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to trying to flee the country with her partner who had tested positive for Covid-19.
After her arrest, Miss Holland issued an apology to the Barbados Today newspaper.
She said: I wish to apologise to the entire country of Barbados for what has been a massive mix up and misunderstanding. I am currently working closely with the local authorities to rectify any issues on my part and will issue an update and full statement which I think is the only right thing to do to the Government and citizens of Barbados.