Ten-year sentences for Covid rule-breaking 'utterly ridiculous'

Judges will never impose such long jail terms, say critics, who dismiss plan as ‘misleading spin’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have been accused of an “utterly ridiculous” overreach of power for threatening to impose 10-year jail sentences on travellers dodging quarantine rules.Jonathan Jones, the government’s former top lawyer who resigned earlier this year, tweeted that he would “eat a face mask” if the sen