A man has been charged over a spate of alleged religiously motivated graffiti attacks in Thanet.

The cost of damage to walls and pavements in Ramsgate and Broadstairs is said to be around £6,500.

Wayne Maly, of Coleman Crescent, Ramsgate, has been charged with religiously aggravated criminal damage and criminal damage to property.

Kent Police said the 35-year-old has been bailed and is due at Channel Magistrates' Court in Dover next Friday.