Gyspy family flout social-distancing rules as 40 turn up to funeral
A GYPSY family risked their health to bury a loved one when 40 members turned up to his funeral yesterday.
His son, Alfie Jnr, had gone on Facebook before the lockdown to invite people to follow the cortege from his Dad’s home.He replied: “We’re not going in the church.Locals said “loose” Government guidance allowing “immediate family” to funerals may explain the turn-out. A spokesman for Upwell Parish Council, which runs the cemetery, said: “The funeral director asked to hold the service outdoors as, for the moment, there is a restriction on what can happen in churches.“All the council did was sell them the plot.”
Meanwhile, police were accused of misusing Covid-19 powers yesterday and acting like a “new Gestapo” for stopping people going fishing.
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