DISGRACED Baroness Michelle Mone was seen in a swanky restaurant weeks before a PPE firm linked to her was ordered to repay £122million.
The 53-year-old was all smiles in upmarket Alambique near Faro in Portugal, in a designer dress and wearing gold jewellery.
Disgraced Baroness Mone was seen in a posh restaurant weeks before a PPE firm linked to her was ordered to repay £122m[/caption]
Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman dined at the restaurant weeks after failing to give evidence at a High Court trial[/caption]
Staff were seen fussing over the peer and husband Doug Barrowman on a terrace table at the Algarve restaurant, where the most expensive champagne is £1,000 a bottle.
A source said: “Michelle looked really happy and glamorous as she sashayed into the restaurant.
“It was just her and Doug on the night and the restaurant manager recognised them and gave them a complimentary glass of bubbly.
“You wouldn’t have thought she had this High Court hearing hanging over her.
“It’s a high-end place so a good meal and drinks will set you back a fair bit. And she was carrying a designer handbag and seemed carefree.”
Alambique serves £60 grilled tiger prawns and a grilled French rack of lamb for £52.
The restaurant is popular with celebrities including Holly Willoughby and Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne.
Mone and Barrowman dined there in August, weeks after failing to give evidence at a High Court trial in June.
On Wednesday a judge ruled that his firm PPE Medpro had breached a Government contract by supplying 25 million medical gowns which were not sterile during the pandemic.
Mone had lobbied for the company and helped it go into a “VIP lane”.
PPE Medpro, which is being put into administration, is still under investigation by the National Crime Agency.
