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.