A town councillor will face a two-day trial in crown court after she was accused of stealing a box of Panadol worth £1.80.

Machynlleth town councillor Myfanwy Noella Elliot, 66, appeared in the dock at Mold Crown Court this morning.

Elliot of Bryn-y-Gog, Machynlleth, pleaded not guilty to the theft of Panadol Advance tablets valued at £1.80 from the town’s Co-operative Store.

She was rebailed pending a trial, which may go into a second day, at Caernarfon Crown Court on 4 March.

When asked how long the trial would take, defending barrister Myles Wilson said that unfortunately it may go into a second day.

He had detailed instructions from his client.

Mr Wilson said that he had gone through prosecution witness statements with her and there were a number of things that she did not agree with.

Judge Rhys Rowlands said that he could not remember how long ago it was since he saw such a case in the crown court.

He said that the case was obviously an important one for the defendant.

It was just not the sort of case one expected to see occupying time in the crown court.

The judge asked if it had been an election by the defendant or whether the prosecution had "a sudden rush a blood" to the head?

Prosecuting barrister Andrew Green said that the defendant had elected crown court trial.

The judge adjourned the case for trial and told Elliott that if she did not turn up for her trial then it would continue in her absence and the jury would not hear her side of the story.