MASS DESSERT-TION
More than 120 diners storm out of Spanish restaurant owing £1,500 in ‘pre-planned eat-and-run stampede’ during boozy Baptism dinner
They had finished off starters, mains and a vast amount of alcohol before making their escape
THE owners of a Spanish cafe were left in shock after 120 diners created a STAMPEDE by all fleeing at the same time - after secretly agreeing to leave without paying the £1,500 bill.
The group of Romanians were believed to be celebrating a baptism at the restaurant.
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The 120-strong party had put away starters, chomped down a main course and drunk around 30 bottles of booze at the shindig.
But before they reached dessert, the group, who had already paid a £770 deposit, all suddenly left the El Carmen restaurant in Bembibre, northern Spain, at the same time, reports the .
The owner, Antonio Rodriguez, said: "It happened in the space of a minute. It was something they had planned and they left in a stampede."
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He claims he gave cops the details of the reservation but said he held out little hope of being repaid, adding that it was the first time in 35 years in the restaurant trade he had seen anything like it.
Police told newspaper they had not yet been able to contact any of the diners.
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