Police officers have issued hefty fines to friends and family members who attended a birthday party of an 8-year-old kid in Australia.
The incident occurred in Beaumaris, Victoria, where a local allegedly informed the police that people were having a birthday party and ignoring lockdown orders.
After the Victoria police arrived at the home, they found dozens of people celebrating the birthday on an 8-year-old child.
As seen in the photos taken by Channel 9, social distancing rules were not obeyed during the event.
To punish the partygoers for breaking lockdown orders, the police handed out hefty $1,652 fines to 16 people, totaling to over $26,000 in fines.
In another unrelated incident across the sea in the UK, police officers arrived in a loud neighborhood to disband a street party only to let it rage on after discovering that all of the ‘attendees’ were obeying social distancing orders.
The unusual party occurred in Hull, England, where the police presumably arrived with the intention to disband it and send the attendees home.
However, after realizing that all of the people were partying from the safety of their own homes, without breaking self-isolation, the cops let the music rage on.
The Easter party was organized by Chris Marshall, a DJ and a teacher, who prepared his equipment in the yard before playing some good music for his neighbors.
Soon enough, according to the reports, fellow residents have taken to their yards, balconies, and windows to share drinks and sing along without breaking social distancing regulations.
“At 6pm I got all the kit out within the boundaries of my front yard, played some music out and did a little soundcheck, then turned round and seemingly every other house was out,” Mr. Marshall said in an interview with The Hull Daily Mail.
“People were bringing patio sets round to their front lawns and people were stood in their yards, some people opened up windows and were sat inside watching. There were other families with like five children all out enjoying their own space.
“It just went absolutely mental. Everyone stuck to the social distancing and there was no partying in the street but the atmosphere was something I’ve never seen before.”
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