A woman who scaled a 1.5m wall to escape a Covid-19 quarantine hotel may yet avoid conviction. Suzanne Marie Derrett (43) appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after her case was transferred from Auckland. Derrett arrived from Brisbane on June 27 and returned a negative Covid-19 test three days later. She initially asked for Judge Jim Large to sentence Derrett yesterday, until police raised the possibility of diversion. The court previously heard Derrett finished her isolation period and had been tested twice for Covid-19, both tests returning negative results.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 28, 2020 19:52 UTC