Man, 26, charged with shoplifting in Basingstoke

A man has been charged with a number of shoplifting offences in Basingstoke.

Leon Davies, 26, of Attwood Close, Basingstoke, has been charged with four counts of theft from a shop and using threatening / abusive words / behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

It comes after officers received reports that items worth than £480 were stolen from Home Bargains, Tesco Express on Carpenters Down and the Premier store on Burnaby Close between 25 January and 22 February.

We also received reports that a woman was verbally abused at the Tesco Express store on Carpenters Down on 18 February.

Davies is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today (23 February).