“An Australian man has been remanded after allegedly dining at five-star hotels in Hong Kong without paying, just a day after being fined HK$3,000 over similar charges. The Island Shangri-La Hotel in Admiralty. Photo: Google Maps. Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, appeared at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. He was charged with making off without payment and criminal damage between April 24 and May 5, local media reported . Monkivitch, a lawyer, is accused of not paying restaurant bills at Cafe Too at the Island Shangri-La in Admiralty, Cafe Kool at the Kowloon Shangri-La in Tsim Sha Tsui, and two other restaurants – one in Central and another in Wan Chai. His bill at the four places totalled around HK$2,039, the court heard. The criminal damage offences relate to allegations that on May 4, he destroyed a sales terminal at the Island Shangri-La and damaged a person’s iPhone outside the Hong Kong Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui. Eastern Magistrates’ Courts. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Magistrate Tobias Cheng denied Monkivitch bail and adjourned the case to June 5. Monkivitch will attend a bail hearing on May 15. Previously, on Thursday, the lawyer was fined HK$3,000 for two counts of making off without payment and one count of common assault. He pleaded guilty to the offences the same day, local media reported . Monkivitch was accused of dashing off after spending HK$639.10 at a Chiu Chow restaurant in Times Square, a mall in Causeway Bay, on March 23. He allegedly had an argument with a restaurant staff member, who said he had not paid, to which Monkivitch replied, “Do you want your head smashed in?” He was also accused of leaving before paying a bill of HK$586 at Footaholic, a massage parlour in Wan Chai, on March 25.
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