Danish court hands out hefty fine to beauty salon owners for Covid-19 breach
The city court in Roskilde on Friday fined the owners of a beauty clinic in the town 200,000 kroner each for repeatedly opening their business during Covid-19 lockdown.
The court’s decision was confirmed by Central and West Jutland police in a statement.
Prosecutor Camilla Kragh said that the prosecution service had hoped for the owners of the clinic to submit a guilty plea.
“But the defendants would not fully admit the charges and they wanted a jury trial instead. So there have been many procedural steps that have contributed to the fact that the case has only just come to an end,” she said in the statement.
The couple are joint owners of the beauty clinic Cliuniq in the town, located around 30 minutes outside of Copenhagen.
Police visited the clinic and found it to be open on 18 occasions during a period when this was prohibited under Covid-19 restrictions.
“These are large fines and they show the seriousness of the matter in relation to the situation society was in at the time,” Kragh said in the statement.
The court has found them guilty of the charges raised by the prosecution, which also stated that they undertook hair removal treatments at the clinic without proper registration with the Danish Patient Safety Authority (Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed).
The clinic owners are reported to be considering an appeal against the decision.
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The court’s decision was confirmed by Central and West Jutland police in a statement.
Prosecutor Camilla Kragh said that the prosecution service had hoped for the owners of the clinic to submit a guilty plea.
“But the defendants would not fully admit the charges and they wanted a jury trial instead. So there have been many procedural steps that have contributed to the fact that the case has only just come to an end,” she said in the statement.
The couple are joint owners of the beauty clinic Cliuniq in the town, located around 30 minutes outside of Copenhagen.
Police visited the clinic and found it to be open on 18 occasions during a period when this was prohibited under Covid-19 restrictions.
“These are large fines and they show the seriousness of the matter in relation to the situation society was in at the time,” Kragh said in the statement.
The court has found them guilty of the charges raised by the prosecution, which also stated that they undertook hair removal treatments at the clinic without proper registration with the Danish Patient Safety Authority (Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed).
The clinic owners are reported to be considering an appeal against the decision.
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