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A conspirator who repeatedly filmed doctors and patients claiming that the NHS was not invaded by Covid-19 has been banned from all hospitals.
Hannah Dean, 30, of Portsmouth was previously fined, but now faces jail and possible criminal prosecution if she ignores an Asbo-style community protection notice.
The police confirmed that she can only visit a hospital in an emergency, for an appointment or if she is dependent on a patient.
Fines of up to £ 2,500 can be issued by the courts if she is convicted of violating the notice. It also prohibits it from encouraging others to ignore Covid’s national blocking restrictions.
Hospital staff ‘working hard to support people’
A police officer called Dean’s actions “unacceptable”, while Portsmouth council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson said they were a “disgrace”.
The news came after she received a £ 200 fixed penalty notice for traveling to Queen Alexandra Hospital, filming there and posting the footage on Facebook. In the post, she wrote, “It was ‘the quietest I’ve ever seen’.
She filmed similar videos at Southampton General Hospital and repeatedly visited St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester.
Chief Inspector Jon Carter of the Sussex police said, “There are a variety of tactics for dealing with this type of unacceptable behavior.
“We are working closely with the Hampshire Constabulary to ensure that the best ways are taken to prevent this behavior from continuing.”
Vernon-Jackson said he spoke to the NHS team “working on his bowels to support people” and added: “It is an irrefutable fact that there is enormous pressure on the hospital”.
He added: “To say [Covid-19] it doesn’t exist, it’s a farce, it’s so degrading to the work these people are doing, the risks they’re taking and the loss that so many families have felt in this city.
“It is a shame and how anyone can do that to other people and show so little for their suffering and hard work, I don’t know.”
QAnon conspiracy theories shared online
Police said the warning was issued to the woman after ignoring a warning she had made on Sunday (31 January).
She tried to film patients and staff at QA Hospital, where 744 people died with Covid at around 4:30 pm.
Pictures from the QA A&E on Hannah Dean’s Facebook account show the security saying, “What are you doing here, Hannah?”
His latest posts include “save our children” and “save children” – references to the unsubstantiated conspiracy theory QAnon about a secret group that runs a global pedophilia network.
A video posted yesterday records his interaction with the team at the testing site Cosham Covid.
A police investigation in Hampshire and Sussex has been underway since she received the fixed sentence notice.
About 426 patients were being treated for coronavirus at QA Hospital on 26 January, and the intensive care unit is three times its normal size, with 47 patients on mechanical ventilation.
A Sussex police spokeswoman said: “On Sunday, Sussex police issued a community protection alert for a 30-year-old woman from Fareham that prevents her from going to any hospital except when she has a previous appointment, is dependent or there is a medical emergency and does not encourage, endorse or incite another person to violate Covid’s restrictions.
“The woman violated the conditions of the community protection notice on the same day that the order was issued and on Monday she received a community protection notice.”
A Hampshire police spokesman added: “The ANC is designed to prevent irrational behavior that is having a negative impact on the quality of life for the local community.”