A man who ate a hearty meal at the Hilton Kingston hotel without paying a cent, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Peter Callendar, appeared before Resident Magistrate Glen Brown to answer to a charge of obtaining credit by fraud.

The court heard that on the day in question, Callendar went to the hotel and ate a meal costing $2,300 without paying. In his defence, Callendar told the court that he went to the hotel seeking employment as a driver and "I see everybody sharing out food, so I go and share out some too."