A suspected burglar is to appear in court after a pensioner found an intruder in her home.

The woman in her 80s later realised gold jewellery was missing from her property in Pysons Road in Ramsgate on Wednesday.

After an investigation, Peter Line of Argyll Drive, Ramsgate, was charged on Thursday with one count of burglary.

The 44-year-old appeared in Medway Magistrates’ Court via virtual link on Friday and was remanded in custody.

The case will next be heard at Canterbury Crown Court on June 8.

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