Italian restaurant owner tracks down dine and dash tourists with unique method

Italian restaurant owner tracks down dine and dash tourists with unique method

Two tourists who attempted to dine and dash were caught thanks to the quick thinking of an Italian restaurant owner who used social media to track them down.

Italian-based media platform Cronache Maceratesi reports that Michela Malatini, proprietor of I Due Re pizzeria in Civitanova Marche, shared CCTV images of the pair on the eatery's Facebook page, using comments from followers to identify them.

The duo, both around 30-years-old, had consumed two pizzas and two drinks each, racking up a bill of €44 (approximately £38). However, when it came time to settle the bill, they simply stood up and left the establishment.

"I noticed that the table was empty and waited to ensure they hadn't just gone to the l