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Man arrested for allegedly threatening to spit on Perth coronavirus hotel quarantine guard
Police in Western Australia have charged a returning overseas traveller with failing to comply with a COVID-19 quarantine direction and threatening to spit on security staff.
Key points:
- He has been charged with allegedly leaving his hotel quarantine room
- He is due to face court as WA emerges from its snap lockdown
- WA has recorded its eighth straight day of no local COVID-19 cases
The 48-year-old South Australian man allegedly left his quarantine hotel room last night and entered the emergency stairwell where he threatened to spit in the face of a security guard.
He travelled into Perth from Poland via Doha on January 28 and was ordered to quarantine in the hotel for 14 days.
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said he was arrested after…
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