A MAN has been fined £660 for breaking Coronavirus lockdown rules by travelling from Birkenhead near Liverpool to Poppit Sands.

Paul McDonnell, of 220 Hoylake Road, Bidston travelled to Poppit Sands on 7 April this year during the national lockdown “without reasonable excuse”, Llanelli magistrates heard on 11 September.

McDonnell, 53, was fined £660, and also ordered to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £66.