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Tristan Kirk
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Courts Editor for the Press Association @PA Bluesky @kirkkorner instagram.com/kirkkorner
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    Tristan Kirk
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    May 3, 2022
    Met Police issued a Covid fine to a sobbing 18yo woman from Lewisham. She appealed, saying she was trapped in a situation & complying with Covid rules would've meant walking 13 miles home alone at night. Police ignored her appeal, prosecuted anyway, and then misled the court.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Dec 6, 2021
    The Met Police happens to be, this week, prosecuting an alleged illegal gathering on December 18 last year. Not in Downing Street, but a house in Ilford.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    May 17, 2022
    The Wagatha Christie case files have arrived. Documents, tweets, and texts at the heart of the WAGs libel trial have finally been disclosed. Here we go...
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Jan 19, 2022
    A woman prosecuted for breaking lockdown rules told a court she had inadvertently attended an illegal gathering. "It was not intentional...I didn't realise there would be others present". She was convicted and fined £250 #PartyGate
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Tottenham man given £2,200 fine by a court for going out in lockdown 'without a reasonable excuse'. This is the single biggest fine I've come across for simply going outside without a good reason, and the more I've looked at it, the more concerning it has become...
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Feb 24, 2022
    The stalker of Harry Styles has been charged with using force to get into the star’s home, breaking a vase, assaulting a woman, & breaching a restraining order. Pablo Tarazaga-Orero is to appear at Westminster magistrates court tomorrow over the alleged incident on Feb 16
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Jan 19, 2023
    Tomorrow, a 59-year-old woman from Ilford is being prosecuted for not wearing a seat belt while riding in the back of a car. People get prosecuted for this kind of thing every single day. A 'brief error of judgment', perhaps, but one taken seriously by police forces.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Feb 25, 2022
    Harry Styles' stalker appears in court to face charges of assault, using force to enter a property, criminal damage & breaching a restraining order. The court hears Style was at home when the incident happened. The defendant, now Diana Tarazaga-Orero, isn't entering pleas today
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Jan 11, 2024
    A woman from County Durham with learning difficulties and depression. Prosecuted & convicted last week in the Single Justice Procedure for not paying her TV Licence. She's a constituent of Conservative Party chairman @RicHolden This is the letter she sent to the court.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Jul 22, 2021
    Tommy Robinson has lost a libel case brought against him by Syrian schoolboy Jamal Hijazi. He must pay £100,000 in damages to the West Yorkshire teenager, who was slurred after he was filmed being the victim of a playground attack.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Oct 14, 2019
    Harry Styles locks himself in his bedroom at night and has beefed up home security after being stalked by a homeless man he took pity on, court hears. The star bought sandwiches for Pablo Tarazaga-Orero after seeing him sleeping rough & offered to put him up in a hotel.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Jan 19, 2022
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    A 66-year-old man from Brockley was accosted by police for meeting friends at his allotment to break up the loneliness. He ended up with a £100 fine.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Jan 14, 2022
    A Met Police officer hit out at a woman who organised an illegal party on the day of Prince Phillip's funeral. "Disrespectful" "totally unacceptable" She was fined £12,000 for throwing the birthday party in Hackney.
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    Tristan Kirk
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    Apr 8, 2022
    A teenage key worker has been ordered to pay almost £500 by a court after he admitted breaking lockdown rules last January. The Bexley resident, 19, was in a car with three friends and admitted he was relaxing from the "stress and misery" of shifts at Co-Op during the pandemic.