Pizza bar worker linked to SA coronavirus lockdown ‘in hiding’, but Premier stands by comments

The lawyer for a pizza bar worker who was accused of causing South Australia’s coronavirus lockdown by allegedly lying to contact tracers says his client is “worried about stepping outside” for fear of backlash.

Lawyer Scott Jelbert this morning told ABC Radio Adelaide that his client, a Spanish national who worked at the Woodville Pizza Bar linked to the recent coronavirus cluster, is no longer in quarantine but “is effectively in hiding”.

SA Police yesterday revealed they would not press charges against the man due to a lack of evidence, saying SA Health had not provided key information which was “confidential and privileged”.

Mr Jelbert said that, now the case has been dropped, his client was “keeping open all options” with…