A MAN who stayed at four Oxfordshire hotels and left without paying bills amounting to almost £3,500 has been jailed for a year.

David Frank Eames, 25, of no fixed address, appeared at Banbury magistrates court on Tuesday on four charges of obtaining services by deception.

Eames left without paying the bill at The Fleece Hotel, Witney; the Dashwood Arms, Kirtlington; The Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston, and at Sturdy's Castle, Tackley.

He asked for 11 other offences to be taken into consideration.