Car washer ‘acted the fool’

A car wash attendant who was fined £10,000 after he went to house party during lockdown saw his harsh penalty slashed to just £1,000. Cristi Tanase, 24, was caught at the gathering in Ilford, east London, last November. ‘It was one birthday. I came to my friends to have a birthday party. The neighbours called the police,’ Tanase said. ‘The police say it was 50 people – it was 8 people.’ Tanase, who claims universal credit, said he did not…