Three teens from England got arrested after it was alleged that one or more of them coughed on a senior couple on purpose amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The incident occurred in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where male teenagers aged between 16 and 19 confronted a couple and “coughed in an elderly couple’s faces.”
After the senior couple, who are deemed to be in their 70s, retaliated, the woman was hit in the face and left with a bruise.
Following the unprovoked attack, the teens got arrested, and later released, and are facing potential charges pending investigation.
According to the local police, the senior lady who was physically attacked was discharged from a hospital after having her black eye checked.
Furthermore, another passerby who attempted to aid the senior couple suffered bodily damages in the process as well, BBC reported.
Previously, in an unrelated incident, a man was arrested in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, after lying about having coronavirus in a fake doctor’s note in an attempt to get two weeks of paid vacation.
As the Spartanburg County Police confirmed, 31-year-old Jeffrey Travis Long has been charged with forgery and a breach of peace after providing his bosses at Sitel Corporation with a fake doctor’s note.
“You were seen at Primary Care 1 here at the CGVAMC on 03/13/2020 with a positive test for the COVID-19 virus. You may return to work on 03/27/2020 following retesting on 3/27/2020,” the forged document that Long’s bosses received read.
Following the submission of the letter, the company was forced to temporarily close the entire building and sanitize the workspace, MailOnline reported.
As the police added, the authorities also got worried that Long exposed children to the disease after it came to light that he visited his kids’ school.
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According to the sheriff, the staff at the hospital Long alleged to have visited confirmed that the note was fake and lacked an official stamp.
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