Diner Jailed Over Bill At Cambridge Restaurant

Paul Rockett, 64, of no fixed abode, spent seven hours at Frankie & Benny’s, in Clifton Way, Cambridge, on 27 December of last year.

ockett entered the restaurant at 4.40pm and did not leave until past 11pm, when site security were called by the manager. 

During his time in the restaurant, Rockett had ordered and eaten £52 worth of food and drinks, including a peach sundae, crab bites, penne meatballs and a double Jack Daniels. At 11pm he refused to pay the bill, claiming it showed an incorrect date.

Rockett pleaded not guilty to breaching a criminal behaviour order, making off without payment and failing to comply with a sex offender’s notification requirement, by not presenting at a police station once a week, but was found guilty following a trial at Cambridge Crown Court last month.

Last Friday (10 May), at the same court, Rockett was sentenced to a total of 34 weeks imprisonment. He was also issued with a criminal behaviour order of two years with the same requirements as his previous one, banning him from entering any restaurant in Cambridge without the means to pay.