A sick man in jail who had been serving mince pies during the lockdown had a heart attack. He was 72 years old. 5 days in, the Mirror reports.
A seriously ill elderly man who was incarcerated for having served mince pies during the Coronavirus lockdown has suffered a heart attack while he was incarcerated. The man’s heart attack occurred just five days after he was incarcerated.
After being caught selling food and alcohol at a shooting club during the coronavirus lockdown and then deleting evidence to conceal his crimes, Maurice Snelling, 72, was sentenced to six months in prison. He was caught selling food and alcohol at the shooting club.
It was discovered in 2020 that he had broken Tier 3 Covid rules while he was the license holder of Cloudside Shooting & Sporting Club, which is located near Rushton Spencer in the county of Staffordshire. He claimed that he had been misinformed and thought he was in Tier 2, however.
After being locked up, the man, who was 72 years old at the time, reportedly became ill on November 13 and had a heart attack.
The club confirmed in a statement that Mr. Snelling, who resided in Cloudside, had been on the waiting list for a heart operation at the time he passed out.
They said the following in an interview with Stoke On Trent Live: “We have been informed that Mr. Maurice Snelling, aged 72, suffered a heart attack sometime on Sunday, November 13th, 2022.”
“Mr. Snelling was sentenced to a prison term of six months after pleading guilty to the charge of “perverting the course of justice” on November 8, 2022. This occurred as a result of a case that involved Mr. Snelling breaking Tier 3 Covid rules in the year 2020 by serving food and drink at Cloudside Shooting Grounds while the grounds were under lockdown.
“Mr. Snelling has had ongoing heart health issues as well as two previous heart attacks, and at the time of his conviction, he was on a waiting list for a heart operation.
“Mr. Snelling is scheduled to undergo heart surgery at a hospital that has not been disclosed, and he is not permitted to have any visitors during this time. Mr. Snelling will be required to serve out the remainder of his sentence once he has fully recovered from his operation. There will be no further comment from the club at this time.”
During the Covid-19 lockdown, venues were only permitted to operate takeaway, delivery, and drive through services, and customers were not permitted to consume food and drink on the premises. This was in accordance with the rules and regulations that were in place.
Despite the fact that the club is physically located in Staffordshire, Snelling maintained that it was in Tier 2 on the basis of its CW12 postcode, which is associated with Cheshire.
The Crown Court in Stoke-on-Trent held the hearing. Snelling also attempted to destroy evidence in order to cover his trail, and he ignored written and emailed requests by the Staffordshire Police to review CCTV footage, which could prove his involvement in the crimes. Snelling’s actions are described in the following sentence.
However, as the law enforcement officials got closer, Snelling contacted the CCTV contractors Welch Services and asked them to delete the footage that showed him breaking the law.
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The prosecutor, Ben Lawrence, stated that he had been “angry and demanding,” which caused the company to feel uneasy, and as a result, they gave a copy to the police rather than keeping it themselves.
During the course of the court case, the mitigating witness Thomas Sherrington informed the judge that his client was in poor health and had experienced a number of heart attacks.