EVENING Press finance director Stuart Watts is swapping his calculator for the cells - and it is up to you to get him out.

Stuart has volunteered to take part in the 2002 RNIB Jail And Bail event, and will be one of a number of well-known York people nicked and thrown into the city's dungeons in the name of charity.

Between now and November 26 he has to raise a minimum of £500 in bail money - or he could face a lifetime of doing the books from behind bars.

Stuart said: "I am going to be arrested on a trumped-up charge. I'm not quite sure what it is yet, but it could be being an accountant with a sense of humour.

"I think the judge would look quite dimly on that and I could end up with a long sentence."

He said: "I don't know quite what to expect. I've spent plenty of time in bars before now, but not much behind them."

Stuart will be arrested on November 26 and taken straight to York Dungeons. Anyone who would like to help him raise his bail money should ring 01904 653051 (extension 103).

Updated: 09:42 Wednesday, October 30, 2002