Coronavirus: Police officer makes impassioned plea to rule-breakers

Bodycam footage has been released showing the moment a police officer confronted two people who say they drove about 13 miles to watch planes during lockdown.

The Leicestershire Police officer told the pair his partner - a healthcare assistant who works in a hospital - had been "in tears for two weeks because she honestly cannot watch people die any more".

The couple were each given fines of £200 after they admitted driving from West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire to near East Midlands Airport.

Leicestershire Police said it handed out 889 fixed penalty notices, worth about £170,000, in January - more than the total the force issued in all of 2020 for breaches of coronavirus restrictions.

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