Owner suffers 'big loss of earnings' due to hoax bookings

2023-05-16 16:46

Hoax reservations were made under false names, causing food to be wasted and earnings to be lost.

A Spanish tapas restaurant in Somerset has been cruelly targeted by a fraudster who made a series of fake bookings.

Lo Rapitenc in Frome was fully booked for 40 diners on Saturday night, but only 13 regulars turned up.

The owner, Marc Brunet Pascual, said "at best it was a cruel joke, at...