{"id":27371,"date":"2021-02-09T19:40:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=27371"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:40:46","slug":"30-covid-fines-not-enough-to-stop-us-partying-says-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/30-covid-fines-not-enough-to-stop-us-partying-says-student\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a330 Covid fines \u201cnot enough to stop us partying,\u201d says student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students in Cardiff say the \u00a330 fine issued by police for breaking the Covid-19 lockdown rules, is \u201cnot enough to stop us partying\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the weekend South Wales police issued 308 such fines, which is more than treble the number of three weeks previous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One student, who prefers to remain anonymous, was caught in a social gathering on Sunday. He was given a fixed penalty notice of \u00a330, if paid within two weeks. He says the fine won&#8217;t make any difference to his behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou pay \u00a330 on a weekend anyway, outside of lockdown, if you went to a pub or whatever, so it\u2019s not enough to stop us partying\u201d, he told CJS News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fine doubles for every subsequent offence, with a maximum penalty of&nbsp;\u00a31,920.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The student thinks the fines in England, which start on \u00a3200 and could increase to&nbsp;\u00a36,400, would be more successful in preventing these house parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you hear of people in England having \u00a3800 fines, \u00a330 is nothing really\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 61 of those fines were for gatherings in Cathays; a student populated area in Cardiff. This equates to nearly 20% of all fines in South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"420\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2-293x200.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/JS54066315-2-293x200.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>At least 61 fines were given out in Cathays over the weekend. Picture: Wales Online<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, another student living in the area says the police are turning a blind eye to the full extent of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI genuinely do feel that the police are not going to bother in Cathays because if they stop one party, there\u2019s possibly another hundred house parties they\u2019re gonna have to stop\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf next door is having a party, we just think why don\u2019t we just have a party too. It\u2019s a domino effect,\u201d she admits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becky Ricketts, the President of NUS Wales, says such behaviour does not represent the Union nor the University\u2019s views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t support anybody breaking the rules. We understand that students are going through a really difficult time at the moment, but that\u2019s not an excuse,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, with 351 new coronavirus cases recorded today and 10 more deaths, the Welsh Government\u2019s message is that every individual has a responsibility to fight the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Weaver is a Labour Councilor for Cathays and, on one hand, the recent figures does not surprise him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve noticed more students on the streets in the past week and have received more complaints,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he does fears for the safety of the people living on his ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt only takes one person to act irresponsibility to potentially put a member of our community\u2019s life at risk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI worry for Cathays as it\u2019s a densely populated area. 20,000 people live in a relatively small ward\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urges his residents to report any crimes they witness, in order to keep the city safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Wales Police say that breaches cannot be tolerated and that they are working to &#8220;ensure those who breach the rules are met with enforcement action.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Cardiff say the \u00a330 fine issued by police for breaking the Covid-19 lockdown rules, is \u201cnot enough to stop us partying\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":27382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[677,194,619,235,555],"coauthors":[560],"class_list":["post-27371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardiff-universiy","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-2","tag-south-wales-police","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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