A FORMER employee of a Barrow hotel is due to appear in court accused of stealing hundreds of pounds in cash from the venue.

Jason Paul Andrews, of Walney Road in Barrow, has been charged with stealing a total of £734 from his former employer, the Chetwynde Hotel.

Andrews is charged with a total of seven offences, with the alleged thefts taking place between May 13 and July 20 of last year at the hotel in Abbey Road.

The 25-year-old is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court on Thursday.