Newport teen charged £180,000 for a pizza

Nathaniel Bolwell was shocked when his bank statement showed he was £179,020.80 overdrawn Credit: Wales News Service

A Newport man was shocked after realising he'd been charged almost £180,000 for a pizza from his local Domino's.Nathaniel Bolwell ordered a large plain pizza from the branch on Chepstow Road in Newport and thought he had only paid £17.99 for the meal.

But when the 19 year old went to do his next shop, his card was declined. He checked his balance to find he was £179,020.80 overdrawn and he'd been charged £179,932.32 for his pizza.

Domino's and Lloyds Bank investigated the matter and the money was repaid two days later. Nathaniel was told that staff at the pizza place were given a bank card authorisation code of 3232 and it was accidentally added to the price of the pizza.

Nathaniel has since been given £100 compensation from his bank which has also apologised for the incident.