this is the moment a diner tried to get out of paying for his £725 valentine's day buffet meal for one by releasing his pet rat into the restaurant christopher baker, 28, ordered the meal from the borneo bistro in sunderland and sat down to eat alone, before pulling the pet rodent from his pocket, releasing it onto the floor and demanding a refund embarrassed waiters apologised and handed over the £725 but when pest control examined the creature they found it had the appearance of a domestic pet, and had recently 'had a haircut' this is the moment diner christopher baker, 28, (pictured left) tried to get out of paying for his £725 valentine's day buffet meal for one by releasing his pet rat into the restaurant  baker (left) admitted fraud by false representation, and was ordered to pay the restaurant the £725 back in compensation, but angry owner kevin smith (right) says baker has caused him 'nothing but grief' baker ordered the meal from the borneo bistro in sunderland (pictured) and sat down to eat alone, before pulling the pet rodent from his pocket, releasing it onto the floor and demanding a refund  the pet rat released into the restaurant pest controllers said it appeared to be tame, and had recently had its fur trimmed  bistro owner kevin smith then checked the restaurant's cctv and spotted baker producing the rat and putting it on the floor baker, of houghton, sunderland later admitted fraud by false representation, and was ordered to pay the restaurant the £725 back in compensation, as well as a £60 victim surcharge 'on february 14   valentine's day   mr baker has attended the restaurant, ordered a buffet for one and a bottle of water,' lee poppett, prosecuting, told sunderland magistrates' court 'he picked his food up and found a seat at a table on his own at the back of the restaurant 'at shortly before 4pm he suddenly jumps up and shouts 'it's a rat i'm not eating here, i want my money back' 'mr smith perhaps smelled a rat at this particular point and he retrieved the rat from the floor cctv footage from the restaurant shows the moment baker (pictured left) pulls the rat from his pocket  the footage shows baker get money out of his pocket   then appear to change his mind and get the rat out  baker retrieved the rat from his pocket as a family sitting nearby moved away from their table  'he waited until a family moved from the table next to him and retrieved what appeared to be a rat from his pocket and dropped it on the floor he then jumped out of his seat 'he then claimed that whilst he's been eating, the rat has bitten his finger he asked for his money back 'it was a black and white rat, very calm it did not appear to be wild at all acorn pest control attended and they said it appeared to be a pet 'mr smith viewed the cctv and saw the defendant fiddling in his pocket' baker then puts the rat on the floor and leaps out of his chair to the astonishment of fellow diners  the court was told that baker had claimed that as he ate, the rat bit him on the finger  baker was seen jumping up and shouting: 'it's a rat i'm not eating here, i want my money back' the footage shows baker get money out of his pocket   then appear to change his mind and get the rat out instead he then puts it on the floor and leaps out of his chair and backs away to the astonishment of fellow diners they then see the rat and jump up themselves and most head towards the door of the bistro looking horrified within minutes every customer is on their feet while staff try and catch baker's pet baker was later arrested and told police that he had bought the rat from a pet shop as a gift for his daughter, before placing it in his pocket and heading to the restaurant willie johnstone, defending, said: 'we do deal with some unusual cases from time to time 'christopher, on that day, had been drinking heavily and unfortunately he decided to buy a rat for his daughter by way of a present a fellow customer points out the rat to a member of restaurant staff inside the bistro  'unfortunately, he then decided to go for a meal he sat down and ate his meal when he had finished the meal, he took the rat out he is very remorseful for his behaviour' in a victim statement read out in court, mr smith said the potential damage to his business's reputation could have been 'catastrophic', and that baker could have ruined the future of the restaurant that he had spent seven years building up as well as being ordered to pay the victim surcharge and compensation, baker was sentenced to a 12 month community order with supervision he was also banned from going to the restaurant for a year chairman of the bench, derek moss, said: 'this is a very serious matter as what you have done here could in a split second have ruined this man's business, which he has worked for years to build up a reputation for' speaking after the case, mr smith branded baker 'scum', and said he deserved to be punished the 47 year old said: 'he is just the scum of the earth he could have destroyed the reputation i have built up over seven years 'i was devastated i thought 'that's it my business is gone' i didn't sleep that night 'people like him deserve the death penalty' 'as far as i'm concerned, he shouldn't be in our society he is no use to anybody and he's caused nothing but grief 'i find it unbelievable that someone could be willing to go to those lengths for a free meal'
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