A suspect burglar has appeared in court after cash and bank cards were reported stolen.

The items are said to have been taken from an address in Wateringbury, near Maidstone, over numerous occasions earlier this month.

It is alleged that following two of the break-ins, bank cards were then used to buy or attempt to buy and bus tickets, tobacco, alcohol and food in Maidstone town centre.

On Thursday, April 22, police officers executed a search warrant at an address in Wateringbury and a man was arrested.

Douglas Brown, of Bow Road in Wateringbury, was later charged with four burglaries and eleven frauds.

The 54-year-old appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court the following day where he was remanded to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on May 21.

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