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Nearly 4,000 convicted of Covid rule breaches in England since curbs ended

Calls for amnesty intensify as total guilty verdicts over pandemic regulations in England top 27,000

Nearly 4,000 people in England have been convicted for breaching Covid-19 restrictions since the emergency regime ended over two years ago, according to a Financial Times analysis of government data.

Criminal defence lawyers said they were surprised by the scale of recent prosecutions, which brings the total number of people convicted in England since restrictions were introduced in March 2020 to 27,600.

Barrister Adam Wagner said: “As time passes, the underlying purpose of the regulations — which was to protect public health — becomes increasingly disconnected from the convictions themselves.”

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