Officers investigating after a house was burgled twice in two days have charged a man.

The home, in Graveney Road, Maidstone, was reported to have been targeted on both Sunday, March 12 and Monday, March 13, during which items including bank cards were said to have been stolen.

Michael Scott, 45, of Wallis Oaks Avenue, Maidstone was arrested on Monday and has now been charged with two offences of burglary and theft.

Mr Scott has also been charged with three offences of fraud, in relation to stolen bank cards, as well as a separate offence of shoplifting at the Morrisons’ store in Sutton Road, Maidstone.

He has been bailed to appear at Maidstone Magistrates Court in May.