‘Serial dine-and-dash conman’ charged with ripping off venues

  • EXCLUSIVE:  Craig Sharp allegedly didn’t pay his invoice at a lodge in December
  • He can be accused of fleeing with out paying simply days earlier from one other pub 

A person accused of being a dine and sprint conman is because of seem in court docket charged with ripping off a string of lodges and eating places.

Craig Sharp, 52, made headlines on MailOnline in December after he was alleged to have didn’t pay his £452 invoice which included three meals and 26 pints throughout a 3 night time keep on the Angel lodge in Halesworth, Suffolk.

He can be accused of fleeing simply days earlier from the equally named Angel pub in close by Wangford with out paying his invoice of £600 for a two night time connoisseur keep.

Sharp has now been charged with 5 counts of fraud by false illustration throughout stays on the two venues and in relation to a few different institutions in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Clacton and Chelmsford in Essex.

He is because of seem earlier than Chelmsford magistrates on February 14.

Craig Sharp, 52, fled from a historic lodge with out paying his £452 invoice which included three meals and an unbelievable 26 pints on the sixteenth century Angel Hotel in Halesworth, Suffolk (pictured in 2023)

 Sharp (pictured in 2018) can be accused of fleeing simply days earlier from the equally named Angel pub in close by Wangford with out paying his invoice of £600 for a two night time connoisseur keep

The Angel Hotel in Halesworth, Suffolk

A Suffolk Police spokesperson mentioned: ‘A 52 year-old man has been charged with five cases of fraud by false representation between May 2023 and November 2023.

‘Craig Sharp, of Dockfield Avenue, Harwich, will appear before Magistrates in Chelmsford on 14 February.

‘The cases relate to incidents in Clacton, Chelmsford, Halesworth, Wangford and Aldeburgh.’

The spokesperson mentioned particulars of the Aldeburgh, Clacton and Chelmsford offences can be heard in court docket.