Briton jailed for trying to skip hotel bill

LONDONER Robert Mackintosh, who tried to leave the country before settling his hotel bill, was yesterday jailed for 45 days by a Larnaca court.

The 36-year-old was stopped at Larnaca airport on Saturday morning after police were told that he had failed to pay his £210 bill for a two-week stay at the Vasiliana hotel in Ayia Napa.

Even though the father-of-five had brought the outstanding money to court yesterday, the judge said his offense was serious enough to warrant a jail term.

Mackintosh’s time in police custody will count towards his prison sentence.

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