A Torrevieja woman who skipped quarantine, using the excuse of having to do her shopping in Elche, has been sentenced to four months in prison.
Torrevieja’s Court number 1 heard the case on Friday when a woman was charged with serious civil disobedience. She was stopped by Guardia Civil no less than four times and despite being resident in Torrevieja, insisted on travelling to Elche to do her shopping, the court heard.
The sentence was handed down after a quick trial and the Prosecutor is said to be considering a suspended sentence on condition that the woman does not reoffend for two years.
The woman was stopped at 9.30am on April 11th on the CV905, a usually busy road joining Torrevieja with the A-7 motorway. She was topped by a routine ‘state of alarm’ checkpoint at which Guardia Civil officers were checking motorists’ justifications for travelling.
The woman said that she was going to Elche to shop, the same excuse that she had already used three times previously – on March 31 and April 8 and 9. On those three occasions, the officers warned her that her actions were in breach of the decree of the state of alarm.