A chicken factory worker has admitted posing a danger to police and the public by ignoring self-isolation rules after being diagnosed with Covid 19.
Ilie Neogoe, 37, ignored the law and went out drunk just three days after being given a positive diagnosis, a court was told yesterday.
Neogoe, who works in a factory at the centre of several Covid 19 outbreaks, was caught driving while he was nearly four times over the alcohol limit.
The officers who pulled his car over and carried out a roadside breath test were unaware that Neogoe was still at the highly infectious stage of the killer bug.
Driving ban
Fully recovered, he appeared at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday and admitted acting in a culpable and reckless manner by leaving his home on April 4.
He admitted that he should have been self-isolating within his property after testing positive for Covid 19 on April 1, and that he showed “total disregard for the consequences” of leaving home.
Neogoe, of South Methven Street, Perth, admitted causing serious risk and harm to the health and wellbeing of the police officers who had to deal with him when his car was pulled over in Perth.
Neogoe admitted posing a risk to anyone who may have come into contact with him. He admitted drink driving in the city and had a reading of 78/22 mics.
Sheriff Neil Bowie imposed an interim driving ban and deferred sentence for the preparation of background reports until later this month.
In March this year, the Army was called in to help a testing operation after a third Covid-19 outbreak at the 2 Sisters chicken factory in Coupar Angus, Perthshire.
NHS health chiefs asked the military to attend the site to help a mass testing operation at the factory which employs around 1,050 people.
There were more than 25 positive cases during March in what was the third serious outbreak since last summer.
Management at the factory paused production after an outbreak in August which eventually led to over 200 people linked to the premises catching the virus.
The facility was closed for a fortnight while all staff were sent home to self-isolate. In January at least 57 more people tested positive.
