A MAN has been charged with eight counts of theft in Basingstoke after more than £400 worth of items were stolen.

Leon Davies, 25, from Sycamore Tree Road, Oakley, has been charged with eight counts of theft from a shop.

It comes after officers received reports that items worth a total of more than £450 were stolen from various stores, including Superdrug in the town centre and Tesco Express on Carpenters Down.

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The incidents all happened between Sunday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 25.

Davies is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Friday, October 27.