An aspiring rapper is facing charges after he allegedly fled a restaurant without paying his hefty bill - then ran into the ocean, where he was pursued by police on jet skis.

According to local reports Terry Peck, 33, ran up a tab of A$621 (£375) at the Omeros Bros Seafood Restaurant on Australia's Gold Coast on Sunday evening. He is believed to have ordered two lobster mornays, 21 oyster shooters, a baby octopus and Corona beers.

Peck, who performs under the name 2pec, is accused of running out of the restaurant without paying, then charging into the sea to avoid capture.

Lifeguards took two police officers out on jet skis to pursue Peck and, when he refused to return to land, they arrested him the water.