Ananova:

Police in Romania have caught a serial dater who invited women for romantic meals at expensive restaurants, then ran off, leaving them to pay the bill.

Police say good looking romeo, George Hodoroaba, 23, struck dozens of times in the town of Suceava in eastern Romania.

He was finally caught after restaurant owners were issued with a photofit image of his face.

Five women have so far come forward to officially register a complaint against Hodoroaba, who was well-dressed with expensive suits when he approached them in bars and clubs to invite them for a "romantic meal".

A police spokesman said: "He was always generous with the order, he would demand the best wines and told his female guest to have whatever she wanted.

"But in every case, he would say he had to make an important phone call and needed to go outside where reception was better, and then would simply vanish. In three cases, he even borrowed the girls phone to make the call - and disappeared with that as well."

Hodoroaba faces two years jail if convicted, and police believe the real number of victims is far larger than the complaints they have received, but say most women would probably be too embarrassed to come forward.