‘Thick’ diners who did a runner identified using track-and-trace
A restaurant has traced a pair of diners who left without paying their bill after leaving their contact details as required by coronavirus regulations.
Branding the women ‘the thickest thieves’, Ziggy’s, in St Andrews, Fife, said they arrived with two children and a dog on Monday evening, giving their name and a phone number.
Fleeing the restaurant moments after finishing their food, they ended up in a confrontation with a delivery driver who took down their number plate – handing the restaurant yet another lead to track them down.
After staff got through to the culprits’ mobile phone they offered to let the women settle up but were bombarded with abuse, forcing them to hand the matter to police.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Ziggy’s wrote: ‘Watch out for this pair of rockets, straight out of Viz!’
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‘They finished their meal and before we had the chance to clear their plates, one left with the kids leaving the other to ‘“pay”!
‘Of course the Apple Pay didn’t work, so she had to run to the car to get her bank card.
‘Meanwhile the friend was already in the car trying to drive the wrong way out of Murray Place (a one-way road)!’
The post continued: ‘She was met by a Deliveroo driver driving the right way, he politely tried to make her aware of this however, she preferred to get out her car and have a screaming match with him.
‘Luckily the Deliveroo driver took a picture of the licence plate which has been passed on to the police along with her name and contact number (thank you track and trace).
‘We phoned, she phoned back so we asked if she planned on paying her bill? We were given a load of abuse!! – Class!
‘In the haste to leave they left the weans’ wellies! Maybe you can pay the bill when you come to collect them!
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: ‘We received a report of a group leaving a premises in Murray Place, St Andrews, without paying, around 7.15pm on Monday, 28 September, 2020.
‘Officers are following a positive line of enquiry.’
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