A man has been sent to crown court after £16,000 was stolen from a cash machine.

Madalin-Petru Costea is accused of traveling to the Wrotham Road area of Meopham and breaking into the machine in late June this year.

The 23-year-old, of Elms Gardens in Wembley, was arrested on Tuesday this week and appeared at Medway Magistrates Court the following day on a theft charge.

He has been remanded to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday October 4.