A video shows a police officer in the United Kingdom telling a family that they can't be outside on their own front garden in another example of the erroneous enforcement of draconian lockdown rules.

The clip of the incident, which occurred in Eastwood, Rotherham yesterday, features a female officer from South Yorkshire Police warning the man filming the encounter, Mr Connell, to "stay indoors because of Covid-19" and that "the virus does not stop on your front garden."

"You cannot come on your front garden. I'm recording [this video], you cannot come on your front garden," states the officer, who is clearly oblivious to the law, which states that people can use both their front and back gardens.

However, when she is challenged on it, she asserts, "I cannot speak for anybody else. You know when you look around and there's nobody out? It's because you can't come out."

The woman also chastised the man for wanting to visit the supermarket twice, claiming he had already been and bought soft drinks, which she implies is a non-essential purchase.