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Andy Burnham asks police to review £10k fine handed to NHS worker during pay protest

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direct to your inboxAndy Burnham has asked Greater Manchester Police to review a £10,000 fine handed to the organiser of a NHS pay protest.Mental health worker Karen Reissmann was one of the organisers of an event to showcase anger over the Government's offer of a 1 per cent pay rise to NHS staff.She was one of several people who attended a 'socially-distanced and risk assessed' demonstration in St Peter's Square on Sunday afternoon (March 7) - which lasted less than ten minutes.Police issued Ms Reissmann, 61, with the maximum £10,000 Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) for organising a gathering of more than 30 people.Greater Manchester Police (GMP) claim around 40 people attended.Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey has stood by the decision.

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