A MAN has been charged with assault and shoplifting following an incident in Fleet.

Officers received reports that a man had attempted to steal wine from Morrisons in Fleet Road.

A woman was pushed to floor before the man left the store with one bottle of wine at around 7am on Saturday, August 17.

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John Edward Dorey, 52, of Church Grove, Fleet, has been charged with assault by beating and theft from a shop.

He has also been charged with using threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress.

Dorey has been bailed with conditions and is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 3.