A Hadleigh man has admitted three counts of fraud after taking part in an number of eat and run incidents and will be sentenced at the end of August.

Alan Rogers, of Market Place, Hadleigh, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday (Friday) where he pleaded guilty to three charges of fraud by falsely representing that he had money to pay for meals or accommodation when he didn't. An earlier hearing heard the fraud offences involved a total of £1,226.30.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in Ipswich on September 10, Aldeburgh on September 5 and in Norwich between July 12 and July 21 last year.

Rogers also asked for 15 offences to be taken into consideration will be sentenced on August 27.

Jamie Sawyer, for Rogers, said his client had significant mental health issues and asked for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on him by the probation service.