A Christian café and bookshop owner in Gedling has decided to appeal a court judgment ordering her to pay a fine of £21,000 over a claimed ‘covid-19 breach’.
The Nottingham Crown Court ordered Christine Stala to pay £10,560 in fines plus £11,190 in council and legal costs.
Mustard Seed owner in Gedling maintains she did nothing wrong to attract such punishment.
Christine Stala said, ‘ I will rather go to prison than pay a penny.’
‘ I have not done anything wrong. This is clearly extortion and I will not accept it.’
Ms Christine acted based on her believes and the word of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Psalm 104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Further, the Bible says:
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Mustard Seed boss said she is in the hands of God and perfectly at peace with the situation, knowing that all will be to the glory of God.
The date for the appeal is unknown.
Earlier Fines
Christine Stala has been fined for repeatedly opening during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The Nottinghamshire Christian shop, was served a closure order in November 2020 after refusing to shut.
Earlier this year, she lost an appeal over a court fine.
Meanwhile, officers previously claimed they had reports of ’40 to 50′ people inside the cafe between 12 and 19 November 2020. The shop was served with a three-month closure order.
At the time, England was under its second lockdown from 31 October until 2 December which required hospitality venues to close.
The business faced fixed penalty notices totalling around £17,000 and when these were not paid, the case went to court.
Amongst other fine, the bookshop owner was also ordered to pay a £190 victim surcharge and £510 in earlier court costs.
Covid-19 Lies
During the restrictions, Ms Stala, of Cornwall’s Hill, Lambley, told newsmen the government’s figures on infection and death rates were unbelievable.
The café owner also maintained that the 800-year-old Magna Carta document gave her the right to remain open.
At the hearing, Judge Jacqueline Coe said, ‘these were deliberate breaches, she had in fact admitted three of them, although today she continues to deny any wrongdoing.’
The judge claimed those regulations were put in place to protect people and the NHS from the threat of the coronavirus.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Again the Bible says,
1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Also, our Lord in the Scriptures say,
Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
No government had or has the power to forbid what God commends. And did they consider the costs of lockdown?
Luke 14:28-30 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
The Magna Carta Document
The Magna Carta is an 800-year-old bill signed by King John in 1215. Individuals and groups were granted rights and liberties through charters issued by lords throughout society, including the king. Although its form was standard at the time, Magna Carta was the result of a political crisis and an uprising by England’s leading men.
Of the 63 declarations in the original charter, three parts remain relevant to British modern law.
They are; the guarantee of freedom for the church, the guarantee of the liberties and customs of the city of London, and the guarantee of trial by jury.
Trial by jury in the Magna Carta document states that ‘no free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled.’ It said no person should be deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, except under the judgment of the law of the land.
Christian Responsibility
Previous reports on Christian Voice have shown our view on Covid-19 and lockdowns.
There should never have been a lockdown in the first place, let alone arresting Christians for being in business.
It is our duty as Christians to stand by our values regardless of the situation.
Therefore we stand with the Mustard Seed Café and Bookshop.
Read and Pray
Gen 2:15; Prov 6:9-11; James 2:18,26; Eph 2:10; 1 Tim 5:8; 1Thess 4:14.
Pray for strength and more grace from God in the life of Christine Stala.
Pray that her faith in God throughout the case remains unmoved.
Pray that her family will recover everything they have lost in a thousand fold.
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Absolutely, praise God for brave Christians like Christine Stala and yes, those lockdowns were a disaster and total anti-Christian, anti-freedom communism. Those of us who spoke out against the useless lockdowns at the time – I was one – have been proved right yet again. All of what the MSM called ‘conspiracy theorists’ have been proved right – again.
Please let us know of any court date Christine, I want to pray for you and even try to make it to the appeal hearing.
Reach out to any freedom movement people who have been through these so called fines. I am hearing that they can be dismissed because they have no proper legal basis. Often mandates are not mandates; they never were, it was just the media telling people it was ‘the law’. We only have to obey laws that are actually laws; if it is an invention of the media, it can’t be a valid law.