Jan. 6 (UPI) —<\/span> British Parliament member Margaret Ferrier was set to appear in a Scotland court Thursday, accused of violating self-isolation COVID-19 rules in 2020 to travel and visit businesses after she’d tested positive.<\/p>\n Ferrier, who pleaded not guilty to charges of culpable and reckless conduct, was scheduled to appear in Glasgow Sheriff Court. Her trial is set for August.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n Prosecutors said the lawmaker exposed people “to the risk of infection, illness and death” in September 2020 during a public excursion to Glasgow and London.<\/p>\n Ferrier had visited the Lifestyle Leisure Center, Vanilla Salon and Sweet P Boutique in South Lanarkshire, St. Mungo’s Church in Glasgow and Vic’s Bar in Prestwick after testing positive, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n She also took a taxi from Cambuslang to Glasgow Central Station, a train from Glasgow Central to London Euston and back, along with visiting British Parliament in London, the charges say.<\/p>\n “There will be a few police witnesses but the majority of the case will be taken up with civilian witnesses,” prosecutor Mark Allan said, according to Sky News.<\/p>\n “There are also a number of civilian witnesses with significant commitments to Parliament which will require to be worked around.”\n<\/p>\n Ferrier has represented Rutherglen and Hamilton West in Scotland since 2019. She has refused numerous calls to resign over her actions, including from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" British lawmaker Margaret Ferrier (L) is seen with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 4, 2019. File Photo by Robert Perry\/EPA-EFE Jan. 6 (UPI) — British Parliament member Margaret Ferrier was set to appear in a Scotland court Thursday, accused of violating self-isolation COVID-19 rules in 2020 to travel and visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":737895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/div>\nBritish lawmaker Margaret Ferrier (L) is seen with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 4, 2019. File Photo by Robert Perry\/EPA-EFE<\/p>\n