A MAN has been charged with shoplifting from two New Milton shops.
Richard Albert Wrate, of no fixed abode, was arrested in Lymington Road, Christchurch, on Friday (January 26).
The 30-year-old has been charged after thefts at Morrisons, in Station Road, on January 15 and at Marks & Spencer, also in Station Road, the following day.
Wrate was released on conditional bail, to next appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, February 27.