JohnCenaFan28
03-24-2009, 07:29 AM
A customer who fled a Swansea curry house without paying has finally paid up - 13 years later.
The mystery diner left the Indian restaurant in Mumbles, Swansea, without paying for the £10 meal back in 1996.
Now he has sent police £60 cash and an anonymous letter asking them to settle the bill, reports Sky News.
But the man left officers with some detective work to do. He could not remember the name of the restaurant and just described its location on the seafront.
Police narrowed it down to one venue - but found the building was knocked down a couple of years ago, and a block of luxury flats built in its place.
They want to trace who owned the restaurant back in 1996 - when it was called the Sea View Palace.
The anonymous diner wrote in the type-written letter: "Dear officer, I have enclosed a sum of £60 as a way of compensation for not paying for food at a restaurant in 1996.
"The total sum for the meal and drink was under £10. However, I have decided to pay a larger sum as a way of compensation."
A police spokesman said: "It seems that the author has had a pang of conscience and wishes to repay his debt, with some inflation.
"We are appealing either to the former owner of the Indian Restaurant or to anyone who is aware of his or her whereabouts to come forward."
-Nova
The mystery diner left the Indian restaurant in Mumbles, Swansea, without paying for the £10 meal back in 1996.
Now he has sent police £60 cash and an anonymous letter asking them to settle the bill, reports Sky News.
But the man left officers with some detective work to do. He could not remember the name of the restaurant and just described its location on the seafront.
Police narrowed it down to one venue - but found the building was knocked down a couple of years ago, and a block of luxury flats built in its place.
They want to trace who owned the restaurant back in 1996 - when it was called the Sea View Palace.
The anonymous diner wrote in the type-written letter: "Dear officer, I have enclosed a sum of £60 as a way of compensation for not paying for food at a restaurant in 1996.
"The total sum for the meal and drink was under £10. However, I have decided to pay a larger sum as a way of compensation."
A police spokesman said: "It seems that the author has had a pang of conscience and wishes to repay his debt, with some inflation.
"We are appealing either to the former owner of the Indian Restaurant or to anyone who is aware of his or her whereabouts to come forward."
-Nova