Wellingborough woman's £1,000 bill after not wearing a face covering
She was taken to court and left counting the cost
A Wellingborough woman has been left with a bill of more than £1,000 after defying an order to wear a face covering.
Tessa Goodrum was taken to court after an incident at the town's Swansgate Shopping Centre on April 21 last year.
At the time visitors had to wear a face covering under laws designed to slow the spread of Covid-19.
But 33-year-old Goodrum, of Gannet Lane, contravened a direction to wear one - an offence she denied.
She was due to face a trial at Northampton Magistrates' Court last week but failed to turn up and the case against her was found proved in her absence.
Magistrates fined her £400 and ordered that she paid costs of £620 and a surcharge to fund victim services of £40 - a total of £1,060.