Briton pleads guilty to illicit meet-up during Singapore quarantine

British national Nigel Skea (right) and his wife Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai arrive at the State Court in Singapore on February 15, 2021, where they faced charges of breaching the Covid-19 coronavirus stay home regulations. -AFP

SINGAPORE, Feb 15 (Reuters): A British man pleaded guilty on Monday to breaking Singapore's strict coronavirus rules by sneaking out of his hotel room to meet his fiancée while he was undergoing two weeks of mandatory quarantine.

Nigel Skea, 52, faces six months in prison for leaving his room three times on Sept. 21 last year, one of which was to meet Singaporean partner Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, who was not in quarantine but had booked a room in the same hotel.