A SECOND key worker is being ‘evicted’ from a marina and worries he will bring Covid-19 back to his elderly mum if forced to move from his boat during the pandemic.

Sandra Burgess, 48, was given her marching orders from Droitwich Marina after complaining to management about people breaking lockdown rules. Now Colin Wellings, who also has a narrowboat moored there, has been told to move the boat by Tuesday, July 7. The lorry driver has been caring for his 85-year-old mum, who is shielding, at her dairy farm in South Wales since early March while his sister has been diagnosed with cancer.

Concerned about the health risks of moving his boat, he said: “The main issue is not bringing Covid-19 back to my mum as the marina has not adhered to lockdown rules. I do class this as an eviction.”

The 62-year-old is prepared to move his 60ft boat and ‘call it a day’ at the marina once it is safe to do so. He says he was issued with the notice because he made ‘helpful’ suggestions about how the marina could be managed during the crisis.

Mr Wellings, who called the situation ‘ludicrous’, faces a three hour journey to Droitwich to move his boat which has been locked up for the last four months. Meanwhile, Miss Burgess has returned to work fulltime as a teaching assistant in a school near Worcester. Miss Burgess, who lives in the boat with her dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Slug, has been been told she must depart by July 9 after being given three months notice, the letter hand-delivered to her by owner JR Weston on April 8.

Miss Burgess hopes to moor the boat on the canal, outside the Eagle and Sun pub, to allow her to get to work. “I don’t want to let the school down,” she said.

A marina spokesman declined to comment on concerns raised by Mr Wellings and reissued a previous statement which said: “With the easing of the restrictions we look forward to the reopening of the canals and river system for everyone to enjoy. All moorings at Droitwich Spa Marina are leisure moorings.”