A man who was jailed for breaching coronavirus restrictions when he rode a jet ski from Scotland to the Isle of Man to see his girlfriend has been released.
Dale McLaughlan, 28, had embarked on a treacherous 25-mile voyage across the Irish Sea in a desperate effort to see his lover Jessica Radcliffe, 30.
The lovesick Romeo bought the jet ski despite having no experience of how to drive it and being unable to swim, winning praise by people around the world who called on his girlfriend to "marry him".
McLaughlan was released on Wednesday - having just served half of his four week sentence - was photographed at the island's Sea Terminal just after 8am this morning.
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