A man has been charged with breaking the law - by refusing to isolate in his Scottish home during the coronavirus lockdown.
Piotr Kawa is understood to be the first person in Scotland to be charged with flouting government guidelines to stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 strain.
The 37-year-old is said to have gone to his GP last week, due to having a fever and a cough, and been told to self-isolate.
But it's understood he continued to go to work and he was arrested earlier this week over an alleged attack on his partner.
And, once in police custody, he is said to have informed officers that he had not heeded the guidance he was given by his doctor, and had continued living his life as normal.
Kawa, of Greenock, has now been charged with culpable and reckless conduct over his alleged actions, as well as a domestic assault to injury.
The case against him called in private at Paisley Sheriff Court on Thursday, as Greenock Sheriff Court is closed because of the pandemic, and all cases from Greenock and Dumbarton are being dealt with at the Renfrewshire court.
He was not taken to the court to appear in person, due to his symptoms, and appeared via video link from Cathcart police office, in Glasgow.
Kawa made no plea to the two charges against him during the behind-closed-doors hearing, where he was represented by defence solicitor Kenny McGowan.
The culpable and reckless conduct charge states that, on March 26, in a journey in a police vehicle between Devon Road, Greenock, Greenock police office, and elsewhere, Kawa "did culpably and recklessly fail to take adequate cognisance of medical advice to self-isolate."
The charge alleges he went to work and failed to observe the suggested 2m social distancing gap.
Prosecutors also claim he failed to immediately tell Police Scotland officers that he had COVID-19 symptons, and that his alleged actions were to the danger of everyone he came in to contact with.
The case against him was continued for prosecutors to investigate further, and he was released on bail.
No future court dates have been set, but Kawa is expected to go on trial over the case later this year, at Greenock Sheriff Court.
