Mum admits ‘dine and dash’ after failing to pay £277 Wagamama bill

A mum who fled from a Wagamama edifice without paying a £277 measure has pleaded blameworthy to the offence.

Rosemary McDonagh, 23, was retired with friends successful Ashford, Kent, connected January 23, erstwhile the radical near her and different pal to settee up.

But Maidstone Magistrates Court heard however she utilized this accidental to kick astir the nutrient and accidental determination was hairsbreadth successful it.

McDonagh ran disconnected without paying earlier she was aboriginal arrested and besides questioned astir the theft of bedding from a Dunelm store connected December 27 past year.

The items – valued astatine betwixt £150 and £190 – were stolen from the store astatine the Ashford Retail Park.

McDonagh defended herself successful tribunal and said: ‘Back then, betwixt December and April, I was successful a atrocious narration and my caput was each implicit the place.

‘I did kick [in Wagamama] arsenic I wasn’t blessed to wage the measure for them.’

She told the tribunal she is from the travelling assemblage and lives with her 2 young children and her parents.

She added: ‘I don’t work, I americium connected benefits and I get £600 Universal Credit a month.

‘I besides get kid benefits, but that’s for the kids, and I get PIP for my intelligence wellness – that’s astir £400 to £500 a month.’

In court, she pleaded blameworthy to the ‘dine and dash’ offence and shoplifiting.

McDonagh avoided jailhouse and was fined £138 for the Wagamama incidental and ordered to wage the edifice £50 compensation for her meal.

She was not made to settee the outstanding tab that had been racked up by her chap diners.

McDonagh was ordered to wage Dunelm £150 compensation for the bedding she stole but received nary abstracted punishment for that offence.

The president of the seat warned her: ‘This indispensable halt oregon you volition beryllium successful superior trouble. You person 2 young children to deliberation about.’

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