A couple have been accused of holding a wedding reception, costing nearly £5,000, at Dundee’s Malmaison hotel without paying for it.
Vicky Colville, 34, and Raymond Wilkie, 35, allegedly lied to managers and claimed they had already paid for the services.
It is claimed the reception took place on December 27 last year with food, drinks, a DJ and accommodation.
Including the DJ’s fees, the event cost £4,813.60, but the couple allegedly failed to pay the bill.
Colville and Wilkie, both of Eastgait Rise, Tayport, now face a charge of pretending to Derek Miller, sales manager of Malmaison hotel, that they had made full payment for their wedding package, inducing Mr Miller to provide a wedding reception, including food, drinks and accommodation, the truth being known that they had not made a full payment, and paid a cheque into the hotel’s bank account with full knowledge that there were no funds within the account which the cheque was for, and thus obtained £4,563.60 worth of goods and services by fraud.
They also face a second charge of again pretending to make a full payment to an independent DJ for services at their wedding reception by handing over a cheque with full knowledge that there were insufficient funds within the account to cover the cheque, and thereby obtained £250 worth of services by fraud, on the same date and location.
The case was continued without plea at Dundee Sheriff Court until September 25.