- Women fled £425.38 invoice at La Bella Vista, East Sussex with their eight kids
An Italian restaurant has pictured and shamed 4 girls who they are saying dined-and-dashed with their eight kids after refusing to pay a £400 invoice.
La Bella Vista, in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex warned different small enterprise house owners concerning the ‘despicable group’ after they ordered tons of of kilos price of food and drinks and left with out paying.
Sussex Police have now stated they’re investigating the incident which occurred at round 5pm on Sunday.
The £425.38 invoice exhibits the group had a nourishing meal comprising of roast beef, which the restaurant serves on Sundays, oysters, bolognese, and a wide range of starters.
Staff managed to maintain one of many girls contained in the restaurant till law enforcement officials arrived, however after she was walked to a money machine she solely handed over £60 which she claimed was ‘all she had’.
An Italian restaurant has pictured and shamed 4 girls who they are saying dined-and-dashed with their eight kids after refusing to pay a £400 invoice
La Bella Vista, in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex warned different small enterprise house owners concerning the ‘despicable group’ after they ordered tons of of kilos price of food and drinks and left with out paying
The restaurant stated this was the third time that they had been hit by dine-and-dashers in the previous couple of months.
The group have been hanging across the restaurant’s entrance door after the police turned up, based on footage seen by The Mirror.
In their warning on Facebook, La Bella Vista stated: ‘Warning to all small enterprise house owners! This despicable group openly walked into La Bella Vista this afternoon with their 8 kids, ordered over £400 price of food and drinks after which refused to pay!
‘The police managed to get better £60 for us, a mere drop within the ocean! This is the third time we’ve been hit by teams like these within the final couple of months, so please bear in mind!’
Restaurant administration instructed The Mirror that the 4 girls pretended to search out one thing of their meals and demanded it’s minimize from the invoice.
Owner Aldo Esposito stated they made the declare midway via consuming their dinner ‘however carried on consuming’.
He stated he had ‘by no means seen something prefer it’, and branded them ‘disgraceful’.
Sussex Police have now stated they’re investigating the incident which occurred at round 5pm on Sunday
La Bella Vista warned native companies on Facebook concerning the ‘despicable’ group of ladies
Mr Esposito stated the kids have been ‘inflicting havoc’ by screaming and shouting and that their moms ‘did nothing’.
A Sussex Police spokesperson stated: ‘We can verify we’re investigating a report of a gaggle of individuals making off with out cost from a restaurant in St Leonards.
‘The group are alleged to have left La Bella Vista in Grand Parade round 5pm on Sunday 7 January with out paying for his or her meal.
‘A member of employees additionally reported being assaulted.
‘Officers have attended the premises and engaged with employees and enquiries are ongoing.
‘Anyone with any details about the incident is requested to report it on-line or name 101, quoting serial 748 of 07/01.’