Dine and sprint conman’s tab of pints and Mini Cheddars earlier than fleeing £8k payments

A dine and sprint conman racked up greater than £8,000 in unpaid payments at a number of pubs and inns.

Craig Sharp, 52, was jailed for 12 months over his string of unpaid payments, with 5 venues throughout Suffolk and Essex affected by the conman’s extreme orders and unpaid tabs.

A £5,000 invoice between April and August 2023 at Kingscliff Hotel in Clacton-on-Sea was adopted by an unpaid £214.50 at Channels Hotel in Chelmsford, Essex between November 15 and 19, and a £600 invoice at Angel in Wangford, Suffolk, on November 18.

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After this string of resort grifts, Sharp appeared at one other resort known as Angel in Halesworth, Suffolk, the place he consumed 15 pints of Birra Moretti, eight pints of Guinness, seven rum and cokes, three pints of Aspall, 5 baggage of Mini Cheddars and three meals, in addition to sides.

Suspicious workers members caught on to Sharp’s unpaid invoice after he snuck out early and emailed in to say he would return with the tab cash of £450. He even purchased workers members candies to thank them for his keep.

Bar supervisor William Tennant beforehand stated: “It’s disappointing. More than anything, we look after people well here all the time, you’ll find plenty of witnesses of that. It’s obviously some sadistic game he likes to play or an addiction he’s got if he’s been doing it for so long. So that’s sad really, to be honest. He’s obviously a sad man.”

Sharp was jailed at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court after pleading responsible to 5 counts of fraud by false illustration. He was additionally ordered to pay compensation totalling £2,579.82 to the 4 inns concerned and was jailed for 48 weeks.

The 52-year-old was final jailed for 4 offences of fraud by false illustration, dedicated earlier than the Coronavirus lockdown in 2020. A historical past of comparable dishonesty convictions dates again to as early as 1990.

Sharp was heard to be the only carer for his aged mother and father, together with his defence barrister calling the journeys “an escape and a relief” for the dine and sprint conman.

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