Two people have been charged with multiple offences following reports of several incidents of customers leaving restaurants without paying and shoplifting. South Wales Police confirmed on Wednesday, April 24, that two people had been charged with the offences.
Ann McDonagh, 39, from the Sandfields area of Port Talbot has been charged with five counts of fraud and four counts of theft (shoplifting). Meanwhile, 41-year-old Bernard McDonagh, also from Sandfields in Port Talbot, has been charged with five counts of fraud.
Both will appear at Swansea Magistrates’ Court in due course, the police force has confirmed. For the latest Swansea news, sign up to our newsletter here.
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It is believed there are around seven restaurants that have made allegations in Swansea and Cowbridge. On Sunday, we reported how newly-opened restaurant Bella Ciao Swansea alleged customers had walked out without paying a £329 bill. Several restaurants later came forward to report similar incidents had reportedly happened to them.
La Casona in Skewen, not far from Swansea, alleged that a very similar thing happened to them in February. They claimed that on February 23 a group of people left without paying a bill that was almost £300. The Yard in Cowbridge claims a similar alleged incident also happened there earlier this year with a bill for £151 going unpaid in March.
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