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A pair enjoyed pricey meals and bolted when it was time to pay. Their dine and dash ended in jail
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In this still image taken from video, Ann and Bernard McDonagh arrive at Swansea Crown Court in Wales, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The couple were sentenced to prison for fraud for routinely ordering pricey meals at restaurants and then bolting when it came time to pay. - photo by Claire Hayhurst/PA via AP
LONDON (AP) — A Welsh couple who dined out on pricey meals and bolted when the bill came is now paying the price — behind bars. Bernard and Ann McDonagh were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for fraud after running up tabs they didn't pay for, including three-course meals, the finest cuts of meat and double portions of dessert. Judge Paul Thomas said in Swansea Crown Court that their dine and dash spree was driven by “pure and utter greed.” “You were not going to these places to feed you and your family, it was criminality for criminality’s sake — to see if you could get away with it,” he said.