Briton who breached SHN rule to meet fiancee gets two weeks jail; woman given a week s jail straitstimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from straitstimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Skea Nigel, a British national, pleaded guilty to breaching his Stay-Home Notice (SHN) by leaving his hotel room on three occasions on Sep. 21, 2020.
On the last occasion, he was with Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, his Singaporean fiancée who was not under SHN, but had booked a different room in the same hotel.
He did not wear a mask when leaving his hotel room.
Skea was charged under the Infectious Diseases (Covid-19 – Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 and the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, while Agatha was charged with abetting Skea s breaches.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Jan. 15 that the duo would be charged in court for their offences.
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British man, Singaporean wife plead guilty after he breaches stay-home notice to meet her in hotel
Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai and Nigel Skea arriving at the State Courts on Feb 15, 2021. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
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SINGAPORE: A British national and his Singaporean wife pleaded guilty on Monday (Feb 15) to illegally spending time together during his stay-home notice at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia hotel.
Under COVID-19 regulations, Nigel Skea, 52, was required to stay in his hotel room for 14 days. He breached the rules three times and on the third departure, met his then-fiancee Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai in a different room in the same hotel.
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