A 23-YEAR-OLD is accused of being a serial taxi-fare dodger. 

Jake Dean, of Neville Road, Peacehaven, is to stand trial for allegedly not paying fares running into hundreds of pounds.

Dean allegedly did not pay his fare for journeys from South Coast Road, Peacehaven on two occasions; Kings Road, Brighton; and from Waterloo Station in London, between December 2016 and February 2017.

Dean plead not guilty to four counts of obtaining services dishonestly under the Fraud Act 2006 at Brighton Magistrates' Court on Monday. 

He will re-appear at court on October 2 for trial.