FREDERICK ADOMAKO-FRIMPONG has received a penalty because he did not wear a mask for two days in a row.

The bus passenger will now have to pay a combined fine of £1,710.

Staff at Stratford bus station stopped him on July 16 for the offence. He had not worn the mask the day before either.

According to the court, he offered “no reasonable excuse” for his behaviour.

The 49-year-old from Stratford in east London did not pay his original £100 fixed penalty notice within 28 days.

Adomako-Frimpong appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Friday 13th November.

Others were also charged with similar offences on the same day.

Samrian Kamara from Westminster, was also found breaking the rules on wearing masks around the same time.

The 30-year-old from Westminster was ordered to pay £194.

The pregnant mother said her mask had dropped while she ran for the bus.

She also said in court that she was exempt because she was expecting a baby.

Almost 20,000 fixed penalty notices were issued in England and Wales between Friday 27 March and Monday 21 September according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

Many have not paid, and according to police chiefs could be considered for prosecution as a result.

In July, a report from the National Police Chiefs Council acknowledged disproportionality of enforcement of lockdown rules.

Forces in England and Wales gave Black and minority ethnic people 1.6 times more fixed penalty notices than they gave white people.