Couple fined for 150-mile trip to walk on Camber beach

Police said the fine was issued as part of the force’s attempt to enforce the Covid-19 lockdown measures.

The couple, from St Albans, had travelled to walk on the beach at Camber Sands.

Two more people were also fined at Camber Sands during the four-day Easter weekend.

Police said a man from Bexley was also fined after admitting to riding around the south east on his motorbike.

Another man, from Mordon, who drove to the beach for a walk with his children, was issued with a fine.

The Easter weekend saw Sussex Police issue more than 100 fines to people not following the government’s social distancing measures.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said the weekend led to an increase in reports of anti-social behaviour connected to Covid-19 and a few instances of officers, security guards, shop staff and other keyworkers being threatened.

Police said a man was due to appear in court on Monday (April 13) accused of licking products in a shop in Lewes Road, Brighton and putting them back on the shelf around 9pm on Saturday (April 11).

Simon Plante, 42, unemployed, of Oriental Place, Brighton, is charged with criminal damage, possession of a sharp pointed article in a public place and using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress, police confirmed.