A man has been charged after items worth more than £850 were stolen from stores in Fleet, Church Crookham and Aldershot.

Stephen Shanahan, 34, of no fixed abode, has been charged with seven counts of theft from a shop.

It comes after officers received reports that items including coffee, meat, chocolate, alcohol and beauty products were stolen between 2 September and 30 September.

The products were taken from Sainsbury’s in Fleet, Home Bargains in Church Crookham and the Co-op on Lower Farnham Road in Aldershot. The items were worth a combined total of £863.50.

Shanahan was arrested and later charged. He is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today (25 October).