Police end rule-breaking Wellingborough house party with birthday boy handed fine
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A Wellingborough lockdown-breaking celebration ended with police officers 'crashing' the party and handing out the gift of £100 Covid fines to the guests.
Wellingborough Neighbourhood Policing Team officers issued the fines to three partygoers - all from different households.
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Hide AdA spokesman for Northamptonshire Police said: "The incident happened on the morning of January 16, in Mill Road, Wellingborough where three people were having a birthday party, all from different households.
"Two people from Wellingborough, and one person from Northampton, were all fined."
A police officer on the scene reported that the person whose birthday it was called him a "criminal" adding that the police would be dealing with such incidents "robustly".