Man uses rat to try and get free Valentine’s meal
A man from Sunderland released a live rat in a restaurant on Valentine’s Day to get out of paying for his dinner, reports the Sunderland Echo.
Prosecutor Lee Poppett told the court that on Valentine’s Day Christopher Baker “attended the restaurant, ordered a buffet for one and a bottle of water. He picked his food up and found a seat at a table on his own at the back of the restaurant.”
The Guardian reports that the man was then caught on CCTV pulling a rat from his pocket and setting it on the floor before shouting out. He then demanded back the £7.25 he had spent.
By then the restaurant owner had spotted that the black and white rat looked suspiciously clean and quickly identified it as a pet.
“It looked like it had just had its hair done,” the owner said, adding “People like him deserve the death penalty”.
