Dine and dash pair rack up more than £1,000 in bills
The Independent|May 09, 2024
A couple admitted a series of "dine and dash" offences after they were caught racking up large bills at restaurants before running away without paying. Bernard McDonagh, 41, and Ann McDonagh, 39, both of Sandfields, Port Talbot, appeared before Swansea Magistrates' Court yesterday, where they pleaded guilty to five joint charges of fraud.
CLAIRE HAYHURST
Dine and dash pair rack up more than £1,000 in bills

Charges detail how the pair first dishonestly obtained £267 of food and drink for themselves and their family at The River House, a restaurant in Swansea, on 9 August last year, “having no intention of paying for it”.

The case emerged after newly opened Bella Ciao in Swansea reported that a family had left without paying a bill worth £329. Writing on Facebook, the restaurant described how a woman tried to pay with a savings account card that was declined twice. She then told staff her son would wait inside while she went to fetch a different card. The post said: “...of course she does not return and then the son receives a phone call and says he has to go and does a runner”.

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