A rebel hairdresser has failed to pay lockdown fines despite thousands being donated to her by supporters.
Sinead Quinn has yet to pay an £8,436 fine after she repeatedly broke laws designed to stop the spread of the deadly virus, despite more than £10,000 being donated to a Go Fund Me in her aid.
The 30-year-old, of Bradford Road, Oakenshaw, opened Quinn Blakey Hairdressing salon last November during the second national lockdown, Examiner Live reported.
At that point non-essential businesses were required to keep their doors closed to the public.
The rule breaker hair trimmer was given 28 days to pay the fines and costs on August 13 after she was found guilty of ten charges relating to lockdown breaking activity in November 2020.
More than a month on she had not paid the fine, leading Kirkless Council to warn that bailiffs may be sent in.
A council spokesperson said: "The court is responsible for recovering the fine and enforcement if necessary."
Miss Quinn raised more than £10,000 from supporters who donated to a Go Fund Me page after her battle with the authorities went public.
On setting up the fund, she wrote: "By no means do I think the council will be successful in trying to extort money from me.
"I am simply doing this so that people don’t take it upon themselves to create a Go Fund Me on my behalf and possibly run off with the money!"
She added that she was "confident" that "we will win this fight" and that she will be able to give the money to her brother who was diagnosed with cancer.
It is not currently clear where the money is or if it has been spent.
Miss Quinn did not attend her court hearing on August 13.
Instead, she sent a strange letter to the court, explaining she "does not accept the role of defendant,” alongside what appeared to be an inked impression of her fingerprint.
But the hearing went ahead in her absence, with prosecutor Tahir Hanif laying out the case on behalf of Kirklees Council.
He convinced magistrates that she had kept the business open on November 9, 11, 21, 23, 26 and November 27.
She was also found to have obstructed a person carrying out a function under the coronavirus number four regulations on November 5, 9, 11 and 21.
Magistrates were told to consider the profits Miss Quinn made while illegally trading and advised they could impose an unlimited fine.
They slapped her with a £6,000 fine and said she must pay Kirklees Council's costs of £2,246 and a £190 surcharge.
It was revealed that Miss Quinn does not have to pay £17,000 in fixed penalty notices she racked up from Kirklees Council as the August prosecution supersedes that punishment.
The Mirror has contacted the hairdressers for comment.
