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Restaurant owner accused of breaking coronavirus regulations and fined £1,500 believes Boris Johnson should be “100 per cent” prosecuted over Partygate’s new allegations ing.
David Wilson, 58, refused to pay a penalty after hosting an outdoor event at Blackburn’s Calypso restaurant in May 2021, with Congress having agreed in advance and guests He claimed that by forming groups of six people, he was following the rules at the time.
He said he would rather go to jail than pay the fine, but challenged the decision in court and won.
Johnson’s supporters have rallied in support of Mr Johnson since it was announced he was under police investigation over alleged further lockdown-breaking incidents at Checkers and Downing Street, including Some have argued that Mr. Johnson was the victim of “stitching.”
But Mr Wilson said the suggestion that Mr Johnson shouldn’t be under investigation for cases dating back to June 2020 and May 2021 was “totally wrong”.
he said I: “He should be prosecuted over and over again. End. They make the laws, so he should follow them and not bully people like me.”
“If he breaks the rules, it doesn’t matter how many times. He should be fined each time.”
He said about 150 people attended the incident at the Calypso restaurant, divided into “pens” of six, and had no problems until police arrived to inspect the scene.
He added, “I refused to pay.” [the fine]. I said, “I’m going to jail.” I also learned that the fine was just Boris and a bunch of people doing what they wanted.
“I was obviously struggling to get my business back on track. I was wondering how he was partying and doing the same thing when people couldn’t see his grandmother and family.”
He said he was told at the time that he could be prosecuted for even letting someone sit at an outdoor table or use the restroom.
“It’s not just £1,500. It’s the stress and the cost. And it was in the local paper that you were charged. It wasn’t good,” he added.
Wilson said he himself was “shocked” by new revelations that Johnson may have violated coronavirus regulations.
“At the end of the day, it was the government that made the rules, and obviously the government should have followed the rules,” he said. “I mean, sweep it under the carpet, it doesn’t matter, let it all go now, it’s 100 percent saying you shouldn’t let it go.”
He questioned what Mr Johnson was “hiding” and called for the government’s WatsApp messages submitted to the coronavirus investigation to be redacted and handed over.
He believes Mr Johnson should be prosecuted if proven to have “broken the rules again” and has dismissed attempts by Mr Johnson’s allies to downplay police investigations.
“I don’t mind if I don’t mention it, but what about the thousands of people who were sued in court and had to suffer the consequences,” he said.
“He basically just broke the law, but he knew what the law was.”
