A 24-year-old who was found guilty of breaking lockdown restrictions has been given just one month to pay a fine of £1,305. 

Ella Bridges of Pitwell Lane, Aldington, was slapped with the penalty by Birmingham Magistrates Court on Wednesday, October 20.

The bench heard how Bridges had travelled from her home in Evesham to Coventry during tier four lockdown restrictions on Sunday, February 21. 

She he now has until Wednesday, November 17 to stump up the cash. 

Bridges wasn't required to attend court for the ruling.

This comes after MPs on the Joint Committee on Human Rights argued that the system for fining individuals who had broken the government's Covid restrictions was "muddled, discriminatory and unfair".

In a statement released earlier this year, they said that although it was right to punish flagrant breaches of the rules, a "lack of legal clarity" amidst ever-changing restrictions meant that there could have been a lot of wrongly issued fines. 

Those given fixed penalty notices by police mean people can either pay a penalty - between £200 and £10,000 - or opt to face a criminal prosecution.