They were also ordered to pay the insurance company €753,454 ($836,000), which it paid to the company that owns the three-Michelin-starred restaurant.

The man and woman were extradited to Spain via Croatia, where they were detained at the end of July 2022 at a border post with Montenegro.

Eat dinner before you steal

According to the verdict, the convicts decided that on October 26, 2021, the woman would stay at a hotel, in a place known to them in advance. The booking was made solely by her using a fake Swiss passport.

The man subsequently showed up for dinner and check-in without registering.

After dinner at the restaurant, They gave a tour of the winery. and then they went up to the room.

That evening, Guevara called the front desk to order a salad; the only employee there said he was alone and the kitchen was closed, and also felt strange given that They dined on a 14-course tasting menu.

At the woman’s insistence, he told her that it would take at least 20 minutes for her food to be delivered.

When the employee went to the kitchen, Guevara’s companion took the opportunity to appear at the reception desk, where took the electronic key to open the basement, but that wasn’t the option.

Dessert Trick

He then called the woman back to entertain the manager, who had already returned to the bedroom with the salad.

Guevara called the reception again, this time. order dessert, what the employee brought him.

It was then that Dumitru returned to the reception and snatched from the drawer the key with which he could open the basement. grab the bottles and carry them into the room in several bags. And they both abruptly left the hotel at dawn.

(EFE)