Five welders from Yorkshire have been jailed for more than two months after failing to isolate upon arrival on the Isle of Man.<\/span><\/p>\n Island restrictions have been relaxed but anyone arriving must self isolate for 14 days in a bid to prevent a resurgence of cases.<\/span><\/p>\n A court heard how five men aged between 18 and 62 arrived on the island by ferry from Heysham, Lancs, on September 29.<\/span><\/p>\n The court heard they were due to be doing two days maintenance work on the Manx Electric Railway for Haigh Rail.<\/span><\/p>\n Instead of going straight from the port to their accommodation the group went to a Tesco store to buy alcohol, it was heard.<\/span><\/p>\n They were wearing masks but aroused suspicion after engaging in conversation with a local, who heard one say, ‘I’ve just got off the boat.’<\/span><\/p>\n The incident was reported to a Tesco staff member and the men were arrested by police later that night.<\/span><\/p>\n All five defendants, from Doncaster, South Yorks., pleaded guilty to failing to comply with Covid-19 restrictions under the Emergency Powers Act.<\/span><\/p>\n Appearing before magistrates via video link, they were each handed 14 days behind bars.<\/span><\/p>\n The family of two of those jailed have hit out at the sentences and said the men would not have broken the law had the Covid restrictions not been ‘mind-boggling’.<\/span><\/p>\n Helen Smith, 38, wife of Michael, 43, and mother to Jack, 18, told the Mirror<\/strong><\/a><\/span>: ‘They’ve been treated like serious criminals when the sensible thing was to have a word in their ear.<\/span><\/p>\n