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James Besanvalle
Apr 07, 2020
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Police stopped and fined a father of two for breaking coronavirus lockdown laws to make a 240-mile round trip from Nottingham to London to "buy bread".
The reason? It was reportedly £1 cheaper in the UK’s capital city.
It sounds like the man couldn’t ~wheat~ for the price of bread to drop in his local area.
Reporting the news on Twitter, Leicestershire Roads Policing Unit wrote on Sunday:
Just stopped a car doing 110mph on the M1 north. The purpose of the journey from Nottingham? To buy bread in London… https://t.co/ghsS8JDhu0— Leicestershire Roads Policing Unit (RPU) (@Leicestershire Roads Policing Unit (RPU)) 1586126803
The man received two fixed penalty notices – one for breaking lockdown laws and one for speeding. The first comes with a £60 fee, while the second will be decided by a court.
The response to the incident was mixed and people had a lot of thoughts:
@LeicsPoliceRPU I’m not sure which of their comments is worse? That they were going to buy bread in London or the f… https://t.co/zrdYpYJ0Q1— Joe Wyan (@Joe Wyan) 1586149864
@LeicsPoliceRPU His half-baked plan clearly went a rye, but what a crumby excuse! Why did he not have enough dough… https://t.co/CHycyz82Hs— Kafka (@Kafka) 1586183526
The distance between Nottingham and London is around 120 miles.
Using a fuel calculator, indy100 confirmed the man would’ve had to have spent at least £33.80 just on petrol for the round trip.
If you add a £60 fine, that’s a lot of dough just for one loaf.
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