Head of Scottish Transport Police Repeatedly Breaks Lockdown Restrictions

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Head of Scottish Transport Police Repeatedly Breaks Lockdown Restrictions

Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock claimed the BTP was “satisfied” Wylie’s actions didn’t amount to a breach of lockdown regulations, and there will be no misconduct investigation into his travel or leadership.

The chief of Scottish British Transport Police is facing criticism after making two trips from Glasgow to Yorkshire to visit family during lockdown.

Eddie Wylie made the 480-mile round trips between his Glasgow flat and his other home in Holmfirth, in spite of lockdown restrictions.

The BTP sought to defend Wylie’s actions in a statement, stating its officers are required to regularly travel across England, Scotland and Wales “for essential meetings or as operationally required”, and in such circumstances the Chief Superintendent would need to stay at whichever address was most convenient.

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said it seemed “the BTP’s top officer in Scotland has failed to learn the lessons of the Catherine Calderwood debacle, and believes there is one rule for him, and one rule for the rest of us”.

The news comes not long after Scotland’s former chief medical officer Dr Catherine Calderwood was forced to resign after it emerged she twice visited her second home in Fife contrary to her own warnings to avoid unnecessary travel.

Moreover, on 5th May Professor Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist whose modelling shaped Britain’s coronavirus lockdown strategy, quit as a government adviser after flouting the rules by receiving visits from his married lover at his home. Despite friends arguing the pair’s households were effectively shared, the visits clearly contravened authorities’ “stay at home, save lives” messaging, which urged people to remain within their family groups and not mix with members of other households.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Head of Scottish Transport Police Repeatedly Breaks Lockdown Restrictions

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