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Durham Police’s lenient treatment of Dominic Cummings for breaking lockdown rules could help Sir Keir Starmer escape a fine from the same force over Beergate, sources say.
The senior investigating officer who investigated Boris Johnson’s former adviser over lockdown breaches in spring 2020 is also leading the inquiry into Sir Keir’s beer and curry night in April last year.
The circumstances in which Mr Cummings is said to have broken Covid restrictions are different to the social distancing breaches allegedly committed by Sir Keir.
Starmer, dubbed 'Sir Beer Korma' by Boris Johnson, is unlikely to be implicated, sources claim
But sources with knowledge of the probe believe it is ‘highly unlikely’ retrospective action will be taken against Sir Keir – recently dubbed ‘Sir Beer Korma’ by Boris Johnson – unless a ‘game-changing smoking gun’ which implicates him emerges.
A row erupted in 2020 after Mr Cummings made a 260-mile trip to Durham with his wife and son at the height of lockdown.
The couple’s trip included a journey to Barnard Castle, which Mr Cummings said was to test his eyesight for the drive back to London. Durham Police did not take action against him, saying Mr Cummings might have committed a ‘minor breach’ of rules with the Barnard Castle journey.
Six officers are working on the Beergate inquiry, which is expected to last a
