Scottish MP Pleads Guilty to Breaching COVID-19 Regulations While Awaiting Test Result

Margaret Ferrier under pressure from Nicola Sturgeon to resign

MP Margaret Ferrier speaks in the House of Commons on Sep. 28, 2020, while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test which turned out positive. Parliament TV

Margaret Ferrier, who was elected as an SNP MP in December 2019, has pleaded guilty to breaching COVID-19 rules by travelling on a train between London and Scotland in September 2020 despite being told to self-isolate.

Ferrier, 61, was due to go on trial this week but she admitted “culpably and recklessly exposing the public” to the risk of “infection, illness, and death” at a brief hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Thursday.