Homeless man ‘left his house’ during lockdown

A homeless man will face trial for ‘leaving his house’ during lockdown – after a baffled judge said the charge makes no sense. Sultan Monsour, 45, was arrested at London’s Liverpool Street station on May 5 and charged with being ‘outside of the place where you were living, namely no fixed address’. District Judge Alexander Jacobs questioned the legality of the charge but prosecutor Malachy Pakenham said the CPS were determined to pursue the matter. Mr Pakenham argued Monsour could…

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