East Lothian group with child accused of 'dine and dash' without paying hefty bill

Bosses at Ravelston House hit out at the group
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An East Lothian restaurant is on the hunt for a group who left without paying for their meals.

Ravelston House Musselburgh said three women and a child visited the restaurant on September 18, each having starters, mains and drinks. Bosses said they left "one by one" while staff were distracted.

They were hoping the women would return over the weekend to rectify the mistake, though this never happened. They've asked the group to "get in touch before they post CCTV and contact police".

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Posting to Facebook, Ravelston House Musselburgh said: "Unfortunately on Wednesday 18th September we had a dine and dash.

"12.30pm on September 18 (last Wednesday) we had three ladies and a child come into our restaurant and ordered starters, mains and drinks all finished and then one by one left the restaurant while our staff were distracted by other customers. We have these people very clearly on CCTV and even their car reg which was in our car park.

"Everyone can make mistakes and we gave them the benefit of the doubt and though they might realise they had not paid the £70 bill and come back to pay over the weekend. This never happened so we are posting on here to hopefully remind them.

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"If the ladies do not get in touch we will post the CCTV on line and contact the police."

Locals were quick to comment with anger towards the group. One resident said: "Disgusting that people think this is acceptable to do this!

"My mum and friends accidentally did this in a pub many years ago. When they realised that none of them paid - they called the pub right away to apologise and went straight back after work to pay in full."

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Another added: "Why do people think this stuff is acceptable, you can’t afford it don’t go, that £70 is coming out of someone else’s pocket who have a family to feed too, absolutely shocking!"

A third posted: "I am so sorry that happened to you, imagine being that low to steal from a small business, if you cant afford to eat out don't go out."

Ravelston House Musselburgh has been approached for comment.