A builder who enjoyed a boozy 10-hour drinking session and fish and chips before trying to flee a hotel without paying his bill has been jailed. Would-be ‘dine and dasher’ Anthony Lamont attempted to run off without settling his £95 tab after knocking back nine pints and three double vodkas at The Royal in Deal. Remarkably, the 43-year-old had avoided prison just five days before for an “identical” offence at an Italian restaurant in Rochester. On that occasion, he ran up a £100 bill as he washed down a seafood linguine with Jack Daniels before telling staff at Don Vincenzo he had no means of …
