AN assistant hotel manager denied defrauding her employers out of more than £30,000 at York Crown Court.

Susan Robinson, 40, of The Village, Haxby, faces two charges of fraud by falsifying her contract of employment and salary at Jorvik Hotel, Marygate, York, and one of fraud by false representation involving an insurance policy and reimbursment of the rent of two rooms.

Her trial will be on December 5.