Former chef swiped mobiles from diners

A former chef at a prestigious set of barristers’ chambers stole mobile phones from diners to feed his drug habit, a court heard. Mario Salvato, 38, helped himself to two handsets worth £500 each after his victims plugged them in at a City restaurant to charge them, Salvato, a former chef at the Middle Temple Inns of Court, was arrested in February this year for preying on unwitting diners, Southwark Crown Court heard. Giles Morrison, prosecuting, said: ‘This is a…