Judge Paul Thomas described the offending as ‘criminality for criminality’s sake’.
A married couple who committed serial “dine and dash” offences – racking up large bills for food and drink before leaving without paying – have been jailed.
Judge Paul Thomas sentenced Ann McDonagh to 12 months in prison and Bernard McDonagh to eight months, telling them their actions could have been motivated by “pure and utter greed”. The judge said that using children to wait in the restaurants, who would then run off, while pretending to go to a cashpoint was “ruthlessly exploitative”.He added: “You were not going to these places to feed you and your family, it was criminality for criminality’s sake – to see if you could get away with it.
“It was at this point the child asked to go to the toilet and ran from the restaurant. The total bill was £267.60.” She returned on February 17 and was seen breaking security tags off items before trying to conceal them, making off in a blue Ford Transit van – a motability vehicle – with £49 of goods.
Ms Carpanini said: “The defendant told the custody sergeant that she was nine months pregnant. The on-duty medical officer instructed that she had to be released.
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