THE following people have been hit with court bills for failing to comply with coronavirus rules.

Over the last six months a raft of people who breached Covid laws found themselves hauled before the courts.

Here's our list of those from the Stourbridge and Dudley areas who were fined for breaking the rules.

Thomas Patrick McDonagh, aged 20, of Pedmore Road, Stourbridge, was found to have obstructed government officials carrying out functions under coronavirus regulations in Dudley on May 11, 2020.

He was fined £220 in a case finalised at Birmingham Magistrates Court on November 10. He was also ordered to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services and court costs of £95.

Also at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on November 10, Humza Arshad, aged 19, of Cypress Road, Dudley, was fined £146 for participating in gathering of two or more people in an outdoor place in a tier 4 area.

An order to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services and court costs of £95 was also made after the defendant pleaded guilty to contravening Covid regulations, having been caught in a get together on the Showcase Cinemas car park in Dudley on March 2, 2021.

At Birmingham Magistrates' Court on October 27, George Gregoriou, aged 21, of Sandyfields Road, Sedgley, was fined £360 and ordered to pay a £36 surcharge to fund victim services and court costs of £95 for leaving a tier 4 area without reasonable excuse on February 20, 2021, contrary to Covid rules.

Daniel Belt, aged 38, of The Sidings, Hagley, was fined £400 at Worcester Justice Centre on October 26 after pleading guilty to participating in a gathering of two or more people in a private home in a tier 4 area in Stourbridge on March 27, 2021.

He was also ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £40 and court costs of £95.

At Worcester Justice Centre on October 1, John Newey, aged 21, of Woodland Avenue, Hagley, was fined £200, ordered to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services of £34 and £95 court costs for leaving the tier 4 area of Stourbridge without reasonable excuse on February 23, 2021.

Andrew Bradley, aged 37, of Stourbridge Road, Dudley, was fined £1,173 after pleading guilty to leaving a tier 4 area without reasonable excuse.

He was also ordered to pay a £117 surcharge to fund victim services and court costs of £90, in a case heard at Preston Magistrates Courts on September 28.

Court documents stated Mr Bradley was caught in the Lancashire village of Charnock Richard on February 2, 2021, having left the tier 4 area of Dudley contrary to Covid regulations in place at the time.

At Northampton Magistrates' Court on August 23 Shingirai Dandah, aged 20, of Hob Green Road, Wollescote, Stourbridge, was fined £660 and ordered to pay a £66 surcharge to fund victim services and court costs of £90 for participating in a gathering of two or more people in indoors at The University of Northampton Waterside Campus in Northampton (a tier 4 area) on March 7, 2021.

In a case finalised at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court on August 5, Krzysztof Waldemar Szymala, aged 41, of Selbourne Road, Dudley, was fined £66 and ordered to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services after admitting failing to wear a face covering when using a public transport service provided by Transport for London, without reasonable excuse, on February 1, 2021.

At Dudley Magistrates' Court on June 28, Kyle Wood, aged 50, of Brenwood Road, Kingswinford, was fined £200 for failing to wear a face covering at Tesco Express petrol station in Moss Grove, Kingswinford, on December 12, 2020, without reasonable excuse.

He was also ordered to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services and court costs of £250 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

In a case finalised at Llanelli Magistrates' Court on June 15, Daniel Thomas Thatcher, of Summerfield Avenue, Kingswinford, Wall Heath, was fined £320 after he was caught during an emergency period on December 29, 2020, in an alert level 4 area of Wales, in Brecon, Powys, without reasonable excuse - away from his place of residence in the Dudley borough.

The 36-year-old, who admitted contravening coronavirus regulations, was also ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £34 and court costs of £85.