Italian pizzeria owner praised for tracking down ‘dine and dash’ tourists

Michela Malatini used social media to trace two French women and presented them with their €44 bill

An Italian pizzeria owner has been praised for her bravery after managing to track down a pair of “dine and dash” tourists and handing them the bill.

The French women had enjoyed pizza and a few glasses of Aperol spritz at Ai Due Re pizzeria in Civitanova Marche, a town on the Adriatic coast, racking up a €44 bill. But they left without paying.