Bride-to-be ditched fiancé at the airport and fled with his bags and £5,000 cash

A BRIDE-to-be ditched her fiancé at the airport — and fled with his bags and £5,000 cash.

The seemingly loved-up couple, in their 40s, had got engaged a day earlier — and told check-in staff at Heathrow they were flying to Rome to marry.

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But when the man, said to be British, left his fiancée minding their cases to go to the toilet, she vanished and took everything with her.

The distraught groom-to-be told Terminal 5 staff she had swiped £5,000 he had given her for the wedding.

One onlooker said: “He was in bits — totally inconsolable. Apparently, they’d only met very recently and he’d fallen head-over-heels for her.

“He’d proposed a day earlier and she’d accepted.

“They’d planned to marry in Rome and were about to fly there. Then she did a runner while he went to the loo and vanished with all their belongings.

“Staff looked everywhere for her, but she was nowhere to be found.

“It wasn’t even clear if she’d gone out of the airport or on to another country.

“In the end, the police were called. Even her name was in doubt by then.”

Last night a Met Police spokeswoman confirmed they were called to investigate.

She added: “Enquiries continue. No arrests have been made at this time.”