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WHILE Portsmouth’s own ‘Tinder swindler’ Richard Dexter was about to appear in court for defrauding a woman out of more than £140,000, a series of bizarre responses to negative reviews about his doughnut business were popping up online.
Submitting... Belinda Delaney and Philip Melville who run Delaneys in Castle Road, Southsea, are seeking an alcohol licence for the venue. Picture: Courtesy of Belinda Delaney One of the owners, Belinda Delaney, said: ‘We lost a lot of our business overnight because people liked the convenience of just parking up along the road and picking something up. ‘We were in a situation where we thought “we have got to do something”. So before tier four was announced we had three weeks where we ran supper evenings on Fridays and Saturdays using temporary event notices. It meant we had something...