A man accused of stealing £10,400 from car park ticket machines has suggested a "calculation error" could explain some of the missing money.

Harvey Davidson, 30, denies he was the man responsible for the alleged thefts of cash from Grizedale and Whinlatter forests. These are said to have occurred on a host of different dates between October 2013, and June 2014.

Davidson was employed as a forestry craftsman at the time by the Forestry Commission, which owned the machines. He denies three counts of theft and is on trial at Carlisle Crown Court.

Yesterday Davidson continued giving evidence in his defence, explaining why his phone was "cell-sited" close to Grizedale and Whinlatter at the times of some of the alleged crimes.

He said he spent a lot of his spare time close to Whinlatter - in the Lorton area where he had grown up and knew many people. He also regularly carried out private, non-Forestry Commission jobs near Grizedale, such as selling firewood and gardening.

He also said the latter explained why his vehicle was captured several times on numberplate recognition equipment.

"I have not stolen any money," he told the jury.

During cross-examination, prosecutor Jonathan Dickinson asked Davidson - a man of good character - who was responsible.

"I would imagine, from what I have seen in the evidence that Grizedale could be a calculation error," he said.

"Whinlatter I am not too sure."

Pressed further, Davidson, of Portland Square, Workington, said others could have had access to the keys and the machines.

The trial continues.