'Overzealous' police use coronavirus powers to charge shoppers for buying 'non-essential items'

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Police forces are accused of overstepping in their approach to the new coronavirus rules

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said her approach is to "help educate and encourage" the public to comply with the tightest restrictions seen in peacetime in the UK, insisting fines and charges should only be used as a last resort.

 

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