Two tourists who attempted to dodge their bill were caught out by a quick-thinking Italian restaurant owner , who used social media to track them down.

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

She revealed that 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 was time to settle the bill, they simply stood up and left the premises: "I saw that the table was empty and waited to make sure they hadn't gone to the bathroom," Michela told journalists.

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