The woman disappeared while going to ‘get her other card’ (Pictures: CCTV)
An Italian restaurant in Wales has accused a family of eight of walking out without paying for their £329 bill.
Bella Ciao Italian restaurant in Port Talbot, Wales, said the diners ordered expensive steaks, 15 bottles of pop and multiple desserts.
The mother in the group was initially seen on CCTV trying to pay with a savings account card, which was reportedly declined twice.
She then told staff her son would wait inside while she ‘got her other card’, but did not return – and the boy disappeared as well.
The family-owned business also had no way to contact the family as they used a fake number to make their booking.
Police are now investigating the incident, but manager Tyrone Reese also shared the CCTV footage to social media this weekend in an attempt to identify the culprits.
The group enjoyed £329 worth of food (Picture: CCTV)
The woman made a young boy wait by the counter, before he disappeared too (Picture: CCTV)
Other restaurants called Mr Reese after hearing about the incident and said they had similar issues with a family who left without paying.
Mr Reese has said he is disappointed in the ‘lack of urgency’ from police regarding the unpaid £329 bill.
He told the Mirror: ‘I’m paying my tax for police but I seem to be powerless. It annoys me to know this is happening and that they are getting away with it.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to South Wales Police for a statement.
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Last month, a group of six men who walked out of a restaurant without paying were dragged back by police to pay their £300 bill of alcohol and food.
They told the owner that their night was not ‘amazing enough’ but they were swiftly marched back to the Black Bull in Dumfriesshire.
And in January, a group of women who walked out on a £425 bill at La Bella Vista in St Leonards-on-Sea were taken to an ATM.
One member of the group was marched to a cash machine where she withdrew £60, which she said was all the money she had.
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