A salon owner has been fined £1,700 over a lockdown raid when customers fled with hair dye still on their heads.
Tina Howarth, 35, secretly keep her salon open to treat lockdown locks and offer beauty treatments.
But her customers fled when police raided the business after getting a tip-off that it was still open.
CCTV captured the moment eight people ran from Euphoria Tanning, Nail and Beauty in Cwmbran, South Wales, a court heard.
Footage showed one woman with a protective cape still covering her shoulders as she ran away with treatment still on her roots.
Howarth, of Pontypool, was ordered to pay a £1,760 fine for failing to close a business "not permitted to be open" under Alert Level 4 coronavirus.
Magistrates in Newport heard there was no answer when officers tried to get inside as the customers escaped through the fire exit.
Officers found the tanning beds had recently been used and beauty treatments had been taking place in January this year.
Howarth now has until August to pay the fine.
Speaking at the time of the incident, councillor Mandy Owen, of Torfaen council, said: “It’s clear from the camera footage obtained following the latest visit that the business and customers were aware they were breaking lockdown restrictions putting themselves, others and the NHS at risk.
“This is the second time the business has been issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice. Public Protection Officers issued the first fixed penalty notice in June 2020. This is very disappointing."
