A MAN has been fined thousands of pounds after he hosted a gathering during lockdown. 

Martin Richard Cox, 49, of Couldrey Close in Abingdon, appeared in the dock of Oxford Magistrates' Court on August 6, 2021. 

He was fined £1,760 for hosting an indoors gathering during the third lockdown in February at his home in Abingdon.

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The courts say the gathering consisted of two or more people which broke tier four Covid restriction rules.

Cox was ordered to pay a total of £2,026 by September 3, 2021. He was fined £1,760, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £176 and had to pay costs of £90.

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