The dine and dash customers allegedly used a particularly busy night to quietly slip away without being noticed by the bar staff.
Have YOU been victim of a dine-and-dash email [email protected] furious landlord has launched a hunt for greedy guests who guzzled ribeye steak and real ale before sneaking away without paying their £150 bill.
'The hospitality industry is only just getting back on its feet and we've come off the back of a difficult winter so losing £150 in revenue really matters to us, as it would to any pub in the country. 'I don't know how people have the audacity to act that way, it's shocking behaviour. We haven't had anything like this before but it seems to be happening more often across the country.'
'So far the police have not been informed and we're hoping that we don't have to. We'd like them to come back to the pub and settle their bill and as far as we are concerned that will be the end of the matter. They're fairly distinctive so hopefully someone might recognise them.' Donna Jones, the police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, led calls for a clampdown.
The dine-and-dashers were jailed at Swansea Crown Court Court, where they were condemned for their 'cynical and brazen' frauds targeting eateries across a 30-mile radius 'It is money that is being taken from a business for goods and services consumed – it's exactly the same as shoplifting.'
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