KINGSTON, Jamaica — Director of the Tranquility Funeral Home, Tennyson Cornwall, this morning pleaded guilty to all six charges against him and was fined a total of $162,000.
Cornwall was facing charges in relation to the Wednesday, March 3, 2021 incident where police shut down a large gathering at the Tranquility Funeral Home in downtown Kingston.
The gathering, which was caught on video, involved over 200 people.
Read: Police shut down large gathering at funeral home
Cornwall was fined 20 days or $10,000 for breaches of the Noise Abatement Act; five days or $2000 for obstructing the police; 10 days or $10,000 for hosting a party without a permit and fined for three breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act — 90 days or $100,000 for hosting an event allowing persons gathered without wearing a mask, 10 days or $20,000 for hosting an event where more than 10 people gathered, and 10 days or $20,000 for hosting an event where social distancing of six feet was not observed.
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