NASAU-A magistrate fined a small business owner and his worker for ignoring lockdown restrictions by selling conch salad.
David Humes, 36, and Noel Villa, 30, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt today charged with violation of lockdown and operating a non-essential business.
Police went to F2K Lounge on University Boulevard and met them preparing conch salad orders for delivery to customers.
Police also charged Humes with failing to wear a mask in public.
Humes, who also has a barber shop, has taken an economic hit as lockdown restrictions have closed both businesses.
Defence lawyer Roberto Reckley said that Humes was not “encouraging people to congregate” since the orders would have been delivered.
Regarding the failure to wear a mask, Mr Reckley said that Humes “felt comfortable in his own business space” that he considered a “home environment.”
The magistrate ordered Humes to pay fines of $1,200 and imposed $500 in fines on Villa.
They paid the money to avoid spending two months in prison.
