Brazen 'dine and dash' quartet flee restaurant after racking up £174 food and drink bill

North Yorkshire Police said they were keen to talk with 4 women aft the measure of £174 for nutrient and portion went unpaid astatine a highly-rated edifice successful Scarborough

A brazen quartet racked up a £174 measure worthy of nutrient and portion astatine a North Yorkshire edifice earlier fleeing without paying.

North Yorkshire Police contiguous said they wanted to talk with 4 women aft the measure went unpaid astatine the Lookout connected the Pier Café successful Scarborough. It added the dine and dash happened connected the day of September 15.

Police uploaded the photos of the women to its X/Twitter relationship earlier contiguous (October 16) and urged radical who recognised them to interaction police. The women were seen astatine antithetic locations successful the edifice with immoderate having their faces intelligibly disposable to the camera.

"If you recognise immoderate of the women pictured, delight get successful interaction arsenic we judge they volition person accusation that volition assistance our investigation," a North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said. The Mirror has contacted North Yorkshire Police for an update.

Anyone with accusation has been asked to email [email protected] oregon calling the constabulary connected 1010, selecting enactment 2 and asking for 1222PC David Fulford, collar fig 1222. If you privation to stay anonymous, you tin interaction Crimestoppers connected 0800 555 111 oregon via their website and punctuation notation 12240170632 erstwhile passing connected information.

According to Tripadvisor, the edifice holds a 4.5 prima standing retired of 5 based connected much than 500 reviews. In a reappraisal summary, Lookout On the Pier is reportedly known for its caller seafood and is known for its worth for wealth and service.

The Mirror has contacted the Lookout connected the Pier Café for comment.

This latest dine and dash incidental further highlights the plight of edifice owners and employees who look having customers tally retired connected their bill.

The Mirror has reported connected galore incidents crossed the UK wherever diners person bailed connected paying their bills, leaving restaurants hundreds of pounds retired of pocket. In May, dine and dash mates Bernard McDonagh and his woman Ann were jailed for 20 months aft skipping retired connected paying a combined £1,000 during a multi dine and dash spree.

Footage of Bernard, Ann and different household members went viral online aft the enactment of 8 near the Bella Ciao Italian edifice successful Swansea without paying a £329 bill. The household scoffed pricey T-bone steaks and guzzled down 15 bottles of popular earlier they ran retired connected the bill.

The incidental sparked ire online with the video of the incidental rapidly attracting much than 12 cardinal views successful small much than a fewer hours. The wide sharing of the incidental led different restaurants successful Wales to uncover they had been exploited by the couple.

In different case, a household edifice successful St Leonards, East Sussex, claimed to person mislaid retired connected much than £1,000 after being repeatedly targeted by dine and dashers. Sussex Police Chief Inspector Jay Mendis-Gunaskera said successful July: "We're truly proactive with our concern transgression teams. We enactment with section businesses to enactment our communities and effort to bring the offenders of these types of crimes to justice."