Bistro owner smells a rat as customer claims free meal
Restaurateur Kevin Smith, 48, branded fraudster Christopher Baker a “scumbag” for trying the trick at Borneo Bistro in Sunderland — which attracts Premier League footballers — saying it could have ruined the business he built up over seven years.
Baker, aged 28, from Shields Place, Houghton, Tyne and Wear, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court last week. He received a 12-month community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement, and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £7.25 compensation — the cost of his meal — to the restaurant.
