A British Romeo, who fell in love, landed in the hot water after traveling on a jet ski across the Irish Sea to visit his friend amid the coronavirus pandemic, less than ten minutes left of fuel, and doesn’t even know how to swim reports.
Scotsman Dale McLaughlan, 28, who never rode a water scooter, spent four-and-a-half hours on the boat on his crazy drive to visit his new girlfriend on the Isle of Man.
The North Ayrshire man was reportedly jailed on Monday four weeks after admitting to arriving illegally.
“The craziest thing is that he can’t even swim,” a family source told the Daily Mail about McLaughlan, who described him as a “good boy, but thick as a brick.”
A police source also reported to the Isle of Man newspapers that the man’s ski only had 10 minutes of fuel left after the 25-mile journey, which he initially thought would only take 40 minutes, when he was found. with a difficult climate.
And, while making things worse for the romantic adventurer, his trip also put him in trouble with his mother because he will miss Christmas with his two children because he will spend it behind bars, the Daily Mail reported.
But his supporters have said he “deserves a medal and not a prison” for surviving the perilous journey from the island of Whithorn to Scotland, as he had never been on a jet ski.
He walked 15 miles to the home of his girlfriend Jessica Radcliffe in the Isle of Man capital, Douglas, on Friday, but was arrested after being detained for a night of drinking, according to the statement.
McLaughlan’s defense attorney told Douglas Courthouse that the roof was depressed for not being able to see his new partner, who was not identified in the report.
However, Deputy Bailiff Christopher Arrowsmith said McLaughlan had made a “deliberate and intentional attempt to circumvent” the border restrictions.
Meanwhile, Radcliffe, who has two school-age daughters, has no problems with the law, but will have to spend Christmas in quarantine due to her boyfriend’s ill-fated trip.