The woman is accused of swindling multiple restaurants out of hundreds of pounds (Picture: BNPS)
Dorset Police are making enquiries about a serial dine and dasher accused of cheating at least six restaurants.
CCTV caught the woman, who is sometimes accompanied by a toddler and two different men, leaving without paying her bill.
On each occasion, the women buys an expensive meal, then goes to pay with her card which is declined.
She then tells staff she’s headed to a cashpoint to get money to pay, but never returns – resulting in eateries in Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole all being scammed in the last year.
On Facebook, the woman seems to gloat about her scams.
One friend commented on a post: ‘Aren’t you most wanted for restaurants?’ with laughing emojis, to which the woman replied: ‘Lol girl loves her food, what can ya say? Hahahah large fillet with all the trimmings! xx’
She’s been spotted with two different men (Picture: BNPS)
The businesses have been negatively affected thanks to her alleged antics (Picture: BNPS)
Her latest target was Chicken & Blues in Christchurch last week, but after leaving without paying her £80 bill, owner Josh Simons posted photos of her on social media – leading some to identify the serial dine dasher.
Mr Simons said: ‘This lady and gent visited Christchurch Chicken & Blues recently for lunch and ran up an £80 bill, which is plenty of food and drink for two people.
‘After it appeared their card didn’t work, they then “had to visit the ATM” and never returned, causing undue stress to our hard-working team.
‘It turns out that a lot of people know them and they’re quite notorious for doing this stuff to other restaurants in the local area. They are apparently habitual scammers of restaurants.
‘Posting about this was not about the money, it was more about raising awareness that this sort of thing is happening locally, and with these people in particular.
‘It doesn’t seem to be the first time they’ve pulled this trick, but if the community gets together, it would be nice if it’s the last time they get away with it.’
Mr Simons is giving the woman a chance to come pay her £80 bill – which the restaurant plans to match and donate to Bournemouth Foodbank.
A different man accompanied her to Chicken & Blues (Picture: BNPS)
A Facebook grab appears to show her gloating about her meals (Picture: BNPS)
A second restaurant owner, Joanna Nowokunski, who owns The Place restaurantin Bournemouth, claimed the same woman targeted her business last summer with a different person with her.
Ms Nowokunski said: ‘They came in for lunch. They were very polite and quite well dressed. They had starters and a main course of half-a-grilled chicken each and had lots to drink, the best whisky that we had.
‘When it came to paying their bill, which was about £80, their card declined.
‘The man said he would go to a cashpoint and the woman stayed behind. Then he came back to say the cash machine had swallowed his card and that is when I got suspicious. They left a mobile number. I called it and reminded them they had to come back and pay. I then texted it and when I rang it again they had blocked me.
‘I saw the woman about a month later, she walked past the restaurant. I went out and reminded her she owed us money and she got aggressive and started swearing, saying “f*** you” and showing the finger.’
The owner of the Italian restaurant Pinocchio in Christchurch claimed the same woman did it to her last year.
A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: ‘It is reported that between 1.30pm and 2.35pm on Tuesday customers left Chicken & Blues in Church Street in Christchurch without paying for their food.
‘The incident was reported to Dorset Police at around 2.10pm on Wednesday. Officers will be carrying out enquiries into this matter.
‘No arrests have been made.’
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