A covidiot decided to celebrate the Good Friday Bank Holiday by getting so drunk he passed out by the river, requiring three paramedics to treat him while the service is already stretched to its limit.
Sarah Fleming and her husband Darren, who manage a riverside pub, were enjoying a quiet read on their patio in Kingston upon Thames when they spotted the man stumbling nearby.
One of their live-in staff members had earlier spotted him rubbing lotion on himself and sunbathing behind a wall where passersby could not see him.
A covidiot decided to celebrate the Good Friday Bank Holiday by getting so drunk he passed out by the river in Kingston upon Thames, requiring three paramedics to treat him
He then proceeded to projectile vomit all over a cement staircase where the swans normally gather and he then passed out, before three paramedics arrived to treat him despite the emergency services being pushed to the brink by coronavirus.
Footage taken by Ms Fleming shows the man seated upright and retching beside two paramedics wearing protective equipment at his side, the other one not in shot.
Ms Fleming told MailOnline: ‘The paramedics had to spend precious time and resources attending to this chap. The selfishness is mind boggling.
‘If ever you needed an image which encapsulated what we had hoped NOT to witness this Easter weekend, I think this might capture it.’
Footage taken by Ms Fleming shows the man seated upright and retching beside two paramedics wearing protective equipment at his side, the other one not in shot
The Metropolitan Police said they did not attend the scene and no arrests were made.
It comes after many others have brazenly flouted the lockdown rules, putting themselves and other people at danger.
Two sunbathers in Brighton were caught enjoying a barbecue on the beach and complained police had ‘ruined their day’ when they shut it down.
The oblivious pair, who were seen sitting along the coast near Hove Lawns, were urged by police – who were compared to ‘part-time teachers’ by the covidiots – to move away from the site amid the government’s social distancing measures.
Footage which was shared on social media showed the officers urging the 31-year-old man and 48-year-old woman to vacate the site before the woman told the police: ‘You’ve just ruined our fricking day!’
During the video, two officers, dressed in high-vis jackets, are seen approaching the pair sat on the beach and asking them to move, telling them: ‘You need to take your alcohol or we’ll move it swiftly away from you.’
The pair had been having a barbecue near Hove Lawns, in Brighton, when they were spotted by police officers
The woman is unhappy after one officer suggests he is ‘educating’ them, saying: ‘He’s a teacher, a part-time teacher as well now.’
One officer tells the man and woman: ‘The sooner you move away from us the better day you’ll probably have. Just go and enjoy yourself somewhere else.’
Frustrated with the officer’s warning, the woman replies: ‘You’ve just ruined our fricking day!’
The officers reminds the pair that they have been asking everyone on the beach to vacate the spot and adds: ‘We’re telling everybody. Look how empty the beach is.’
The continuing defiance among some Britons comes after the Health Secretary Matt Hancock backtracked on a threat to ban outdoor exercise if people do not comply with the coronavirus lockdown.
A police van was seen patrolling Hyde Park in London on Friday afternoon. This weekend a heavy police presence will be felt as police make sure people are not breaking social distancing rules
The widespread action in public places, pictured, comes as Downing Street has been forced to warn police officers against ‘heavy-handed’ lockdown tactics
There are fears that the glorious Bank Holiday weather will see many flocking to parks and beaches in spite of the strict lockdown rules.
Police and military boats will patrol the south coast beaches, with officers using megaphones to shout at those flouting social distancing rules.
The Met Office said London could see highs of 78.8F this weekend, while much of England and Wales is expected to record temperatures of 64.4F to 75.2F.
Sunbathing Brits on Hove beach on the south coast were threatened with arrest by police on Friday, pictured, after not moving on when told to
Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said coastal areas such as Brighton and Margate could see highs of 64.4F. Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to record temperatures of 59F to 64.4F, he said.
Paul Netherton, deputy chief constable of Devon and Cornwall said that the force was in conversation with the Ministry of Defence and that it would be deploying boats off the coast.
As many broke the rules at their local parks and beaches, others flocked to rural areas and were reprimanded by locals. In north Wales one man was seen removing road blocks in order to get to a beach so he could use his kayak.