Man charged with a string of offences in Maidenhead

A 40-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences alleged to have taken place in Maidenhead over a five-day period.

Darren Lavin, of no fixed abode, was charged on Monday over the theft of a mobile phone from a house in Grenfell Road on Wednesday, November 6, and the theft of a television from a store in Providence Place on Thursday, November 7.

He faces charges for two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to incidents where a stolen phone and a game console and games were sold to a second-hand shop on Saturday and Thursday, November 7.

He is also charged with burgling a house in Powis Close on Saturday and stealing a bicycle from Maidenhead town centre on Monday.

Lavin was remanded in custody at Slough Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and will appear before magistrates again at a date yet to be determined.