Brit arrested after jumping in pool ‘to escape coronavirus quarantine’

A bikini-clad Brit tourist has been arrested after taking a dip in the middle of Spain’s coronavirus lockdown.

The middle-aged woman was hauled out of a Tenerife swimming pool after defiantly going for a mid-quarantine swim yesterday morning.

Shocked holidaymakers watched from their balconies as the woman swam in circles moaning about staff at the Paradise Park Hotel.

Mobile phone footage shows the moment a police officer stripped to his boxers before diving in to pull her out.

He dragged her to the water’s edge where his colleague handcuffed her on the spot.

A hotel worker brought her a towel before she was marched away as bored guests cheered.

A guest at the hotel said: “She was British.

"What I do know is that the man who jumped in to force her out was another policeman.

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"He stripped down to his shorts by the pool before jumping in.

"I’ve not seen her since."

James says Brits are being well looked after by the hotel team.

There are currently 51 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the UK, below is a regional breakdown of where infected patients have been confirmed.

London – 12

North West – 8

North East – 3

Midlands – 1

South West – 11

South and South East – 13

Scotland – 1

Wales – 1

Northern Ireland – 1

"We're confined to rooms during the day which is frustrating, but we are able to go to the restaurant at meal times as usual.

"The staff here are being really friendly. There's not much they can do about the situation."

Authorities in resorts such as Tenerife and Benidorm are coping with the current coronavirus outbreak by attempting to keep tourists in their rooms.

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Authorities in resorts such as Tenerife and Benidorm are coping with the current coronavirus outbreak by attempting to keep tourists in their rooms.

However, tourists are clearly not following the "social distancing" credo as closely as experts would like.

"Serves her right," said one unsympathetic Facebook commenter.