A NEW trial date has been set for a 49-year-old man accused of obtaining more than £3,000 board without paying.

William Moffat of Alice Hamilton Way, West Linton, is charged with obtaining £3,175 board and lodgings at The Lodge, Carfraemill, near Lauder, and also at an adjacent cottage between September 7 and October 22 in 2014 without paying or intending to pay.

He maintained his not guilty plea at Selkirk Sheriff Court with a trial date set for December 6 and an intermediate hearing on November 7.