A NUMBER of people have appeared in court for breaches and alleged breaches of coronavirus restrictions in Kendal.

A series of cases was heard at Carlisle Magistrates' Court. Defendants were either convicted or accused of breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules earlier this year.

-Lee Halhead, of Kendal, pleaded guilty to participating in a gathering of two or more people at Tenterfell Court in the town on January 1. This ran contrary to the coronavirus restrictions in place at the time, with the town being under tier four rules. Halhead, 53, of Tenterfell Court, pleaded guilty and was fined £120.

-William Joyce, 36, was fined £1,760 after leaving his home in Bridge Close, Horsell, Woking, Surrey, and travelling to Kendal on January 11.

-Mona Yaoollahighadikolaei, 32, was fined £1,760 after being in Kendal on March 5 - away from her home in Harrow View, Harrow, London, which was under tier four coronavirus restrictions.

-Michael Fenlon, 25, was found guilty of being in Kendal and therefore outside of his home in the tier four area of Battersea, London, on March 4. Fenlon, of Dawson House, Circus Road West, Battersea, was fined £1,760.

-Charlotte Agren, 34, is accused of being in Kendal on March 4 - outside her home in London, which was then under tier four coronavirus restrictions. Agren, of Holland Road, Kensington and Chelsea, is also accused of being in Kendal and outside of her home on the following day. She pleaded not guilty to both charges and is due to appear at Carlisle Magistrates' on September 16 for a case management hearing.

-Luke Harris is accused of, on February 14, being in Kendal and therefore being outside of Buckinghamshire, where he was living and which was under tier four restrictions. It is alleged he travelled more than 300 miles to stay in Airbnb accommodation with his girlfriend. The case was adjourned to allow for clarification of a plea by Harris. The defendant, 32, now of Millrite Mews, London Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, will appear at Carlisle Magistrates' Court on August 30.