A man who has repeatedly ignored the coronavirus lockdown has been hauled in front of the courts for breaking the rules for a third time.

Mohamed Boshaala said he was planning on getting a train to London and flying out of the country when he was stopped by police officers at Salford Central Station yesterday (Thursday).

It comes just two days after the 23-year-old was brought before Manchester Magistrates Court for loitering around a student block on Nobel Way and it is the third occasion on which officers have had to speak to him.

Boshaala, from Brideoak Street in Cheetham Hill, told the court he lives with his parents and said he had been at the station as he was looking to buy a ticket.

But, he also claimed to have no money on him at the time and said that he had been waiting for someone else to book the journey for him.

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He pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking the newly introduced laws and was handed a fine of £75 alongside a £34 victim surcharge.

However, as Boshaala made to leave the court he was addressed by District Judge Bernard Begley and given a stark warning.

"Mr Boshaala, you're 23 years old at what point are you going to grow up?" the judge said.

"Seriously, do you think this is helping anyone, you being at court every couple of days? It is not."

In his previous appearance at court, on Wednesday, Boshaala was fined £40 but this was deferred as he had already spent the night in the cells.

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