A MAN has been accused of making off without paying for food and drink at a hotel in the Lakes.

Rhys Thomas is alleged to have not paid for food and services worth £194 as well as causing £200 worth of damage to a hotel room.

It is said to have happened at Burnside Hotel in Bowness.

The 31-year-old, of Triscombe Drive in Cardiff, failed to appear before South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

His case was adjourned until August 20.