Dine & Dash Couple JAILED

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[@BlackBeltBarrister]

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[@freethinker4991]

Good to see fraudsters in the UK go to jail unlike Trump in the USA.

[@LoriKasprzak-kc7xc]

Restaurants should mandate the bill be paid upon ordering the meal.

[@shawnaweesner3759]

Mandating how a restaurant should operate is ridiculous. Everyone must now pay before eating, because a couple of people committed a crime.👎🙄.

[@southerncross9302]

You can't shame these people they don't care. They have no shame.

[@greglane3978]

Or soul, or morals, or work ethic, or looks, or money, or self respect.

[@Tukulti-Ninurta]

There are people who think that criminals have a right to privacy while they are committing crimes? God help this country.

[@moneymanifestation9505]

White criminals they mean 😂

[@heey_im_mike]

Sadly just goes to show you how people sympathise with people like that 🤦‍♂️

[@Jay.Kellett]

Let's see how these sympathizers feel when restaurants require a credit card up front before you eat! A few bad apples will ruin it for everyone folks.

[@SharonMartinez]

😂 well….if you put it that way 😊

[@RumbleFish69]

These opinions come from "woke" people and criminals who would commit similar crimes, who object to releasing the surveillance video. The wokies are kids who have no real-world experience or morals, and criminals are just insignificant. Both of these opinions don't matter anyone.

[@trumbleslum]

Make them pay it ALL back. What a pair of scumbags.

[@BearsTrains]

They will never pay back a cent

[@stephanieyee9784]

​@@BearsTrains , if they own their house it should be seized to pay their creditors.

[@gbd1196]

They will commit fraud to get the money to make restitution for their fraud.

[@silentnot4812]

Pay back the taxpayers who had to pay for the police and other parts of this.

[@Destiny-xk6oq]

ABSOLUTELY

[@r.j.martin1818]

Public shaming has effectively deterred criminal behavior for countless thousands of years.

[@joshuaDstarks]

And yet we still have it….and have…for thousands of years… ….weird.

[@r.j.martin1818]

@@joshuaDstarks Hence the need for more of it... ...public shaming.

[@karlburmeister1552]

Not here in the US. There are a certain class of people that are proud of their crimes.

[@HandbrakeBiscuit]

Dine & Dash? More like Gobble and Waddle...

[@davidsivills3599]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zombinosh]

I'll have to remember that phrase! 😅

[@jenniferheminsley2092]

hhhaaaa😅

[@beljankel]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bobupen6476]

Brilliant !

[@BadAppleBlues]

People thought that the restaurant releasing images of the rotund food robbers was unfair? What a pathetic country we have turned into ffs!

[@EvoraGT430]

Exactly.

[@childofthe60s100]

Probably the people who thought it unfair, play the same game?

[@mikesmith-fw9nc]

The not naming and shaming argument has come as a result of Canada's ruling about not posting videos on SM of porch pirates

[@Smachfest]

Probably only a minority of the population think its unfair. (Likey those are also of the same sort of personality profile.)

[@ScotsmanDougal]

The people who think it's unfair would undoubtedly do these crimes as well. Their kids will be the same.

[@dawn-gk2tr]

How was it " not fair " ? Their gluttony is obvious. A self entitled pair who deserve being exposed .

[@odeode4338]

Would it be better if they were thin?

[@someguycalledCh0wdah]

Anyone who says it was unfair to name and shame criminals like this is either a criminal themselves or an enabler

[@clivethereddevil3178]

The worst thing about these two being sent to prison is that they will still get free food.

[@kennielsen3896]

They should only be fed raw vegetables (no seasonings, or dips) and water.

[@Destiny-xk6oq]

@@kennielsen3896or just 3 slices of bread with that water.

[@debjh8983]

The food isn’t free, taxpayer dollars! They will still lose weight because they won’t be stuffing their face at restaurants.

[@michaelorfanos7416]

hahahaha!

[@SpoonHurler]

Here in the states the "food" is not for human consumption at least.

[@chunkymonkey7439]

These two would have got away with it if it wasn't for the pressure from social media. Well done to the restaurant 👏

[@mikusoxlongius]

...and those meddling kids!

[@cherylhill4960]

Now look into how many benefit claims they are making, and take their council house away from them

[@jerrypolverino6025]

I am glad you showed their pictures. Thank you.

[@patricksavage8519]

43 fake identities and 18 different dates of birth - wonder why?

[@oghamstone5964]

Do as you....

[@FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000]

To be sure...

[@BionicRusty]

@@oghamstone5964Likely?

[@DJWESG1]

To vote tory, they're probably just one fake family of many thousands over the country.

[@kelsogirl562]

Probably are also making false benefits claims etc.

[@johnh1872]

I despise thieves. No sympathy.

[@-Untitled-]

Like Tesco and wallmart?

[@robertjones3613]

@@-Untitled- And of course the Governments.

[@-Untitled-]

@@robertjones3613 👍

[@binkwillans5138]

I think if someone thieves, we should look at the circumstances. Many starving people had their hands cut off and shipped to the colonies after years aboard the hulks. Society has responsibilities, too.

[@johnh1872]

@binkwillans5138 . Don't make excuses for these two. They are clearly not starving . They are just lazy and not very bright, most likely . They could work but would rather steal from those who do work hard. I'm glad they were named and shamed. What example are they setting for their kids.

[@janmcelvain8370]

Neither one of these two look like they've ever gone hungry. What a pitiful life.

[@me8042]

They’ve got table muscles.

[@melvert33]

They're both career criminals with a long list of convictions, they'll never stop.

[@johnbowkett80]

300 pounds . Was that the bill ....... Or his weight ???? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@deano_bites]

They was both at LARGE

[@johnbowkett80]

​@@deano_bites🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@CaptainChuckles]

Neither of them has ever missed a dinner

[@scotttait2197]

Only in the unlikley event that they escaped 😂​@@deano_bites

[@Rbourk252]

😂😂😂

[@darkdonzaloog]

They look like they'd be good at dining but not so great at the dashing. 😂

[@diligaf1000]

😂😂😂

[@thesaltybrit9321]

They couldn’t catch them if they were on a hill.

[@stolensilver5811]

Teehehe

[@callumward7503]

Their defence in court: “Stop it. Cut it out. I have a glandular problem.”

[@BadAppleBlues]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[@Ratsinthereticles]

I wonder how much fraud they’ve committed in the benefit system as well! Name & shame I say!

[@janegerrard1073]

Seems a bit optimistic trying to fit them both in a transit van, those things only carry a ton.

[@beljankel]

They should be named and shamed. Restaurants cannot afford to take that kind of hit and have every right to be warned.

[@paulgoode5245]

Bang right,too many snowflakes out there sticking up for ppl like this

[@Jay.Kellett]

Maybe just charge more for D&D sympathizers at restaurants. Then see how they feel?

[@colleenobrien8212]

I don’t care if it’s only 3 bucks ($3.00) they should be arrested! In addition, they should be charged for child abuse and child endangerment.

[@francismckenna7338]

Great result, name, shame and jail them. The restaurants involved in the dine & dash suffer due to people like the mcdonaghs.

[@paulrichards6894]

i worked with a guy who dined and dashed loads of times about 40 years ago but finally got caught and was fined. for just the one offence... he left the factory to start a new job and retired from that job about 5 years ago.. the police force .........last I seen him was in lidls with a thai girl who looked about 16....

[@andywatts8654]

Snitches get stitches

[@richardlee653]

In some countries their waiter would have been held responsible for their bill. (This isn't something that I agree with though.)

[@at0micsheep]

Someones mad they got caught lol.​@@andywatts8654

[@zombinosh]

​@@richardlee653 No, it's not right at all.

[@gavin.d.m]

Small businesses cannot afford Diner & Dash offenders. Good to see the police actually caring about smaller offences.

[@goldjellyfish2452]

I agree with the result. As someone who has worked in the food industry and about to start a food business, this makes my blood boil

[@mrblue193]

They can be named but don't think for one minute they feel any shame.

[@ianmowbray3284]

These two people will never change. This is the way they live their lives.

[@nc2933]

Its their culture

[@Richard0292]

Are they gypsies?

[@mogznwaz]

Are they travellers?

[@dannyboyy31]

@@mogznwaz Yes they are

[@mogznwaz]

@@dannyboyy31 Quelle surprise!

[@Top12Boardsport]

Great news for shops and restaurants, & social workers.

[@BeardyBaldyBob]

45 previous conviction between them... And they were free to wander about committing crimes. The justice system in this country is pathetic!

[@malinstella6965]

Wandering and Waddling.

[@ElToro2000UK]

They should take their Council House off of them and let them live where they used to live.

[@nc2933]

In a caravan sitting in their own shit

[@Milesporksword]

Was the drugs slimming tablets

[@mrrocket400]

@@nc2933 100%

[@AT-ytinvasive]

House dwelling 'travellers community'.

[@robertbroadbent3038]

Agree - they definitely look like pikeys

[@TheGarryq]

Evidence and relevance

[@mimetype]

You're the evidence, being triggered by a tried and tested stereotype.

[@pumpkineater23]

@@TheGarryq Google it for your evidence. The obvious recurring pattern is the relevance. You're welcome.

[@angelbangtana9885]

@@TheGarryq her eyebrows

[@annegreengables6367]

They have no expectation of privacy, when they are in public places.

[@snuffthemagicdragon9721]

About time they were jailed.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

perhaps some laws need strengthening, hardened. In the U.S. part of the problem is our prisons, jails, courts are jam packed. So some are let go or not prosecuted. And No one want s the prison near them, so they vote it down.

[@ndwilcock6575]

The pair of them are a waste of fresh air

[@ThePhoenix198]

I think the phrase you're looking for is "oxygen thieves"

[@poppyrowland1385]

Waste of skin.

[@phredflypogger4425]

I believe that ALL shoplifters should be named and shamed. Our masters have gone way too soft on crime and that needs to change.

[@9OClockRant]

It seems like, to a lot of people, criminals have more rights than their victims.

[@lornaginetteharrison7168]

Absolutely baffling that numerous people are complaining that images of these habitual criminals shouldn’t have been posted online. One can only conclude that these defenders also take part in similar crimes, and are trying to justify why footage of themselves shouldn’t be made public either.

[@samjohns3227]

Exactly....

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

Its just travellers complaining they always hate being held accountable

[@nj9888]

How on earth hadn’t their conduct been dealt with earlier ?? This is why we need a justice system that works.

[@jonahwhale9047]

The Tories cut police funding by 1/3rd & cut 23,500 of their jobs during their term. So was the Crown Prosecution Service.

[@GelDouche12]

Because they're in the caravan club.

[@goodyeoman4534]

In Broken Britain you only get a prison sentence for the most serious crime, or if you have committed so many crimes that the liberal courts just can't get away with letting you off any more.

[@jonahwhale9047]

@@goodyeoman4534 It's not a question of "liberal" courts. Judges and magistrates tend to lean to the Right. It's a problem or Tory cut backs right across the justice system. Look, e.g. at the times & lack of convictions in rape cases.

[@goodyeoman4534]

@@jonahwhale9047 I blame both. Leftist Labour policy and Tory uselessness. What cuts, though? More percentage of GDP allocated to the police than in decades past.

[@florencevall8092]

The bill 300 pounds the thieves 300 pounds

[@kamblade5907]

That is discusting theft costs everyone else and leaving a child wth. Keep up the good work buddy

[@kevingallen1678]

These people don’t know the meaning of shame!

[@digitalzips]

Shame is for people with a conscience, these are thick ignorant gluttons.

[@viewfinder914]

Entitlement never does.

[@anitam7547]

Make Shame Great Again! A little shame goes a long, long way.

[@rozzgrey801]

They use the standard lefty tactic of seeing themselves as the real victims.

[@didiirwin]

@@anitam7547Excellent idea!!

[@keithwesley2471]

Those short sentences won't be a deterrent to a couple of seasoned criminals!

[@neilblack5924]

I agree and it wouldnt supprise me if this is the first time they have been jailed and only jailed this time because of the publicity

[@mikeuk666]

I feel sorry for any kids they have

[@danielhooper502]

Just look at Daniel Larson

[@James-xd1pd]

They'll probably go for a meal when they're released.

[@limmoblack]

@@mikeuk666 Theyre Pikeys ffs, they dont even know what shame means

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Outrageous criminality. Many of the victims would have been spared if the courts had been less forgiving.

[@user-sp5bz2uq8b]

Totally agree with you! They will ask for extra portions in jail 😅😅!

[@helenmcclure]

I notice that it wasn’t until there was a public hue & cry on social media that anything was done to stop them.

[@trondog8503]

Shows the power of people!

[@slr3447]

Ann and Bernard McDoughnut. 'We're gonna need a bigger cell.'

[@kimerlyhogan6567]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@RosieHarp]

They look like they could do with missing several hundred meals. Oink

[@animusadvertere3371]

If you don't wanna be shamed, don't act shamefully

[@scarlettkelsey2929]

Name and shame? Absolutely right! And all the folks who disagree are enablers!

[@MervynPartin]

Not only should they be named and shamed, but also the do-gooders who thought it was unfair.

[@indianastones6032]

I bet as theyre sat in their respective jails eating prison food, they must have thought " i should hsve just paid the bill".

[@JayLa-ct7uk]

They need to be arrested. Tired of people thinking they deserve to eat for free and be served on for free.

[@richardsmith8221]

More people should be named and shamed.

[@LondonPower]

So the restaurants that cheating on customers

[@binkwillans5138]

Unless it's you, of course.

[@smartfreddy]

Correct

[@Zeyr01]

Awe poor criminals feel uncomfortable when they're named and shamed publicly. Also pure greed, it's not like they're stealing a loaf of bread here. This is particularly abhorrent given how many restaurants have struggled recovering since lockdown.

[@tomjardine100]

Not suprised at all, nobody likes negative PR, not even the common people

[@ermac6466]

Every Criminal Ever: It was just a misunderstanding.

[@ivanskavinskiskavar6242]

Given the size of them, I can't imagine them "dashing" anywhere. 😂

[@CM-tw5iv]

Their community is disgusted. They take a very dim view of their members who get caught.

[@samjohns3227]

Most of them are thieves

[@nc2933]

Anns male cousins will be sleeping qith her when she gets out

[@SEANPOL203]

😄

[@scottjondansteve9343]

Are They Pie-Keys by any chance?

[@davidhouston5783]

The community is full of leaches.

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

Yes they should have been named and shamed as it was deliberate theft and it's great they're in jail. 👍

[@Farweasel]

Tagic they'll be out reoffending in 4 & 6 months respectively 'though eh?

[@allwrighty100]

I didn’t realise they lived in a house.

[@nemeczek67]

In my country there is a proverb that says "Stolen food does not make you fat". It, obviously, does not apply to the UK.

[@patriciaplayford7421]

Happy to see this, glad that their picture was made public as well . Great out come .

[@cerealspiller]

Neither appears to have missed too many meals, free or otherwise.

[@michelemaliano7860]

Once you do something wrong or illegal, ALL bets are off! You lose your right to privacy.

[@dogpound7162]

It's a shame things like that have kids!

[@wirdy1]

I'm just shocked they didn't have two white vans & a caravan parked outside their house.

[@MishMash22]

😂😂😂😂

[@helenthorpe8005]

Lol😂😂😂😂

[@iwilson227]

They will have.

[@GoGoTwice]

A long jail sentence for both of them, with hard labour as a bare minimum

[@andymartinez767]

Disgusting people. So good to see REAL JUSTICE

[@garrycroft4215]

Karma best served with porridge 😂

[@bobikdylan]

The good news is that they won't have to pay for prison food.

[@Bowesy253]

Looking like no one can eat the food in prisons anymore after the recent mass spiking of over 30 prison officers. Scary

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

the bad news, us tax payers now pay for their HM room and board 😠😠

[@zurielsss]

Now the taxpayer has to pay for the pig feed

[@binkwillans5138]

@@zurielsss Where did you think your taxes went? Better public services??

[@ilokivi]

@@binkwillans5138Prisons are a public service, to protect the innocent from criminal behaviour and activity such as the two convicted have perpetrated.

[@noracollins2040]

About. Time ! Held accountable after eating and drinking everything in restaurant, though they could get away with theft!!

[@bobjohnson2172]

Thank you.

[@brendamuirhead483]

They got off lightly considering their previous offences…career criminals I think.

[@binkwillans5138]

They were not being prosecuted for their 'previous offences'.

[@brendamuirhead483]

@@binkwillans5138 if there are ‘previous offences’ they should be taken into account…or prosecuted separately…

[@craigrothwell6144]

That is the first time lightly and them have been mentioned in the same sentence :)

[@bugler75]

Given the family name I can tell you exactly where their origins are from and that they are part of a large clan that originally eschewed the idea of a fixed abode. Jail won’t change them, take their benefits away from them.

[@s3quattro10]

Pikeys you mean? 😬

[@cv990a4]

The poor dears, how can you hold this against them, it's clearly been quite some time since they had adequate nutrition... /s

[@bugler75]

@@cv990a4 😂

[@mogznwaz]

Aaah thought as much

[@MrNodrog64]

Romany ???

[@user-iw3xl4pl1g]

A pity the same kind of justice isn't afforded to corrupt MP's.

[@anyexpat]

18 and 27 previous convictions. These people need to be forced to work for free until they cover all their court costs.

[@malcolmstarkey1062]

Ban them from all shops in the UK.

[@-Untitled-]

How will they eat? That's a death sentence.

[@johnrubber1144]

They could live off their fat reserves for quite a while.

[@binkwillans5138]

Actually, I'm not sure why all these aliases and dates of birth are relevant to one proven case of theft.

[@waltersobchak1719]

@@-Untitled- Most supermarkets deliver to your house these days. Just think - these two lardies won’t even have to leave their house😂😂

[@waltersobchak1719]

@@binkwillans5138 It’s proof of their deliberate criminality. Try claiming to be an honest person when you have multiple identities. I’m sure neither of these two works for MI6!

[@HopeYukizmizu]

Council should Stop their disability payments also aswell as child support assistance from councils and remove their council housing

[@BadAppleBlues]

you want to make their children homeless? I am far removed from the woke nutters but what you suggest is a bit harsh lol

[@Rapscallion2009]

People often say that. But I suspect you'd simply be making the problem worse in the long run. It's an imperfect world, I'm afraid.

[@johnlocke9437]

​@BadAppleBlues they already are, this lot are part of the charming "itinerant" community. The only reason they have a council house is as a registered address in order to collect benefits. With the 40 odd alternative identities they have I'd bet they are collecting multiple times.

[@BadAppleBlues]

@@johnlocke9437 I didn't realise that they were part of an oppressed community lol but I stand by what I said about making the offspring of criminals homeless though.

[@1JO_M]

@@BadAppleBlues So you want them to RAISE, as they are demonstrably doing, future criminal or "on the dole" adults? Pfffffffffffffffffffffffft.

[@sebbel9063]

Totally agree with you on that one Daniel. This should be deterrent for others one might hope

[@Chris-hf2sl]

And presumably, once they have finished their time as a guest of His Majesty, they'll find that every restaurant and shop for miles around has banned them from their premises. How unfair!

[@alidabotes6264]

Thrilled that the were held accountable!

[@Bowesy253]

Leaving their child behind. Awful. Poor baby.

[@mikeuk666]

Now left behind for months

[@jonahwhale9047]

It was just part of his training for a future career in similar crimes.

[@markcliffe7]

Lucky child,

[@victorlee1126]

Outstanding!

[@HarringJess]

Thank you for sharing this. Dine & Dash is becoming more less of an issue, but ppl are becoming more brazen, so its great that the video was publicized. To find out that they both have a long sordid history was a jaw dropping shocker

[@JemicoTX]

Is it becoming MORE of an issue? Is it becoming LESS of an issue? Which one? SMH. What you wrote is MORE of a confusing statement.

[@2Sorts]

Justice has been done.

[@somethinglikeanonymous1773]

Not until they have been deported.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Make restaurant doors smaller!!!!

[@jeromemckenna7102]

I worked in a restaurant during my college years and I only saw one incident of dining and dashing. It was something we always worried about.

[@misstrekfreak]

They’ll probably steal other prisoners food. 🙏🏻

[@kass794]

As you can hear they are career criminals 😳🥴🤦‍♀️🙄🤡

[@binkwillans5138]

That does not prove this case of theft.

[@artmallory970]

​@@binkwillans5138What does boot polish taste like, willans? SMH

[@binkwillans5138]

@@artmallory970 Your poor taste comment is entirely irrelevant to proper legal procedure.

[@kass794]

@@binkwillans5138 it does if they tell the jury about their past crimes, jury will take it into account and going by its on CCTV and them no going anytime after to pay the bill is proof of their guilt

[@YourAlcoholicUncle]

​@@binkwillans5138found the traveller scum in the comments

[@at0micsheep]

Now their pictures have been released, shop owners can ban them from dining in the first place

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Had breakfast in town a few weeks ago and they asked for payment before the meal came, I guess it’s because of people like this.

[@PJGan13]

This… is Democracy… Manifest…

[@steveskipper6473]

The mug shots of Ann and Bernard look like they could be brother and sister.

[@didiirwin]

Well………….

[@willmoore7582]

Yes, their family tree has but one branch...

[@borleyboo5613]

Probably are.

[@sobraine123]

Probably only first cousins. 75% of traveller marriages are at this level of closeness

[@StuD65]

Yuck...

[@deano_bites]

They are both career criminals very long pasts of convictions

[@FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000]

And thats just what they got caught for. Imagine how many they got away with!!!

[@debbiegarza1287]

Of course they should be shared, shamed, & sentenced!

[@kakarotz9296]

You know someone’s guilty when the cops come into your house and tell you you’re getting arrested, and your response is “oh right”

[@jeremyhowes8059]

A rare case of justice being served, in a country where it's sorely lacking.

[@Michael-4]

As soon as I saw their pictures I thought ******.

[@thebodykeepsthescore2828]

Asterisks?

[@MrPhotodoc]

Their mug shots make them appear to be straight from the film Harry Potter.

[@viviennehayes2856]

I imagine that it is very difficult to make a profit in a restaurant, so it must be devastating for the owners when they are not paid!!!

[@alfredisted305]

Good, the MacDoughnuts have finally met with some form of justice.

[@childofthe60s100]

Yes - no doubt they are wonderful neighbours and well liked in the community?

[@sitcorocket]

Mc Donalds more like..