A MAN has appeared in court accused of stealing a charity box, medication and cash from a hotel in Windermere.

Bradley Higham, of Laurel Avenue in Newton-le-Willows, has been charged with stealing £30 from behind a bar, a charity box from Windermere Library, a caravan key and some medication from a room at the Belsfield Hotel on October 9 of last year.

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He has also been charged with going equipped for theft and charging a drink to another guest’s room.

The 41-year-old pleaded not guilty to all six offences at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Higham was granted bail and will go on trial at Carlisle Crown Court on February 3