A county court judgement was made against a landlady and her daughter who have now disappeared without paying what they owed, it has emerged.

Susan and Isabella Stevenson, who ran Headley Hills pub in Headley, were ordered to pay a £3,380 debt to a meat wholesaler, but only paid part of the sum before vanishing last month.

Pub staff and other suppliers were also left unpaid and are trying to trace the pair in a bid to get back the money.

The Stevensons traded under the company Diamond Cuisine Ltd, which last week applied to be struck off the Companies House register. But their whereabouts remain a mystery.

Meanwhile the pub’s new owner is hosting a grand reopening tonight after restoring its former name, the Cock Inn, and investing £450,000 in its refurbishment.

David Bristow, from Brighton-based meat wholesaler Blakes Meats Ltd, said: "We supplied the Cock Inn with meat from October 2013 to June 2014 when we stopped as they started bouncing cheques.

"As a last resort we took court action against them and were awarded a County Court Judgment for £3,380.63 against them in November 2014.

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"On receipt of the judgement they paid four post dated cheques for £500 each and promised that they would pay the balance after Christmas.

"After Christmas we contacted Mrs Stevenson with regards to her paying the balance and she assured us that there were cheques at the pub.

"When our driver called he was continually fobbed off with excuses and the cheques were never received so we placed them back into court and instructed bailiffs to attend.

"It was at this time that we discovered that they had just closed up and disappeared. Nobody seems to know where they have disappeared to."

Many people suspect they have gone to Spain where the mother reportedly owns property.

But one former staff member said he saw the daughter at Asda in Burgh Heath about three weeks ago.

Lisa Ghaith, who is owed money for printing and artwork, said she believes Susan Stevenson has got a flat in Puerto Banus near Marbella on the Costa del Sol.

Of the debt, Ms Ghaith said: "At one point it was over £1,000 but in the end I had to set up a tab so I could try and offset some of the money owed.

"She still owes me about £400 which I'm guessing I will never see. When I refused to print business cards until she settled her account, I didn't hear back from them.

"I think they went from supplier to supplier owing money and not paying. [I am] very disappointed as Sue was very friendly to me and my family - I'm really surprised at what's happened."

Companies House records say Diamond Cuisine Ltd trades as the Cock Inn and its last accounts are made up to September 2013. Isabella Stevenson, born 1991, is listed as a director.

A spokeswoman at Companies House said the company applied for voluntary strike off on Tuesday, March 10. Creditors, members and employees have three months in which to object to the strike off.

The Stevensons surrendered the pub lease at the start of February and the current owner, Red Mist Leisure, took a new lease from the freeholder on Monday, February 2.

The new owner said it was excited to reopen the pub and promised to serve good quality food with a focus on "the fresh, the local and the seasonal".

The Cock Inn website says: "Our plan is to return the pub to its roots, not only in name, but to a relaxing hub of the community where you can get together with friends, family, clients or meetings, any day of the week."

There is an invitation-only grand reopening tonight and the pub will open for business again at 11.30am tomorrow.

The Cock Inn; Church Lane, Headley; call 01932 346904; visit cockinnheadley.co.uk

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Do you know where the Stevensons are? Are you owed money? Contact Alice Foster on alice.foster@london.newsquest.co.uk