A Whangārei man has been charged with breaking into the Crown Plaza Hotel, in Auckland, which is a Covid-19 isolation site.
Whangārei man Jesse Courtney Welsh has been remanded in custody after a hearing by telephone connection in court for allegedly breaking into a Covid-19 managed isolation facility.
Welsh, 33 and a painter from Morningside, faces charges of failing to comply with a Covid-19 order and unlawfully being
in an enclosed area at the Crowne Plaza on Albert St, in Auckland.
He allegedly forced his way through a fence into the Covid-19 managed facility last Friday and had a conversation with a person returned from overseas and in isolation.
In a brief hearing yesterdayWhangārei court staff telephoned the Whangārei Police Station where Welsh was being held and could hear what was happening in court.
Judge Keith De Ridder said Welsh had the right to appear in person in court but due to the circumstances was unable to and he was also entitled to legal representation and to make a legal aid application.
