Photo: NZH / Kurt BayerA man who filmed himself coughing and sneezing on Christchurch supermarket shoppers during the coronavirus lockdown has today been jailed for 16 months. Christchurch man Raymond Coombs filmed himself coughing in a supermarket during the coronavirus lockdown and posted it online. It was the kind of nuisance behaviour that has "plagued" his life, Judge Neave said. On the offensive behaviour charge alone, a fine-only matter that relates to the supermarket coughing incident, Coombs was fined $750 plus ordered to pay court costs of $130. The criminal nuisance charge was amended to one of offensive behaviour and the other was dropped.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 00:56 UTC