A MAN was fined almost £2,000 for breaking coronavirus rules.

Ioan Buta, 29, of Sugworth Lane, Abingdon, arrived in the UK from Romania – a country that was on the quarantine list – on March 3, but failed to self-isolate.

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He continued to leave his house on a daily basis.

At Oxford Magistrates' Court on August 20, Buta was fined £1,760, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £120 and pay costs of £85, meaning he must pay a total of £1,965.

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