AN ALLEGED shoplifter has been charged with a spate of thefts from shops across Basingstoke. 

Leon Davies, 25, of no fixed abode has been charged with the following offences: 

  • Shoplifting from the Co-Op on Oakley Lane on 11 February
  • Shoplifting from the Shell garage in Buckskin on 19 February
  • Shoplifting from Cool Merch in Festival Place on 20 February
  • Shoplifting from the Co-Op  on Oakley Lane on 21 February
  • Shoplifting from Cool Merch in Festival Place on 22 February
  • Shoplifting from Morrisons on Worting Road on 23 February
  • Shoplifting from Iceland in Basingstoke town centre on 6 March
  • Theft from the Premier Inn, Basingstoke on 29 March

More than £290 worth of goods were stolen across these offences. 

Davies has also been charged with assault by beating, possession of Class A drugs (heroin), possession of Class B drugs (amphetamine), obstruct/resist a constable, and possession of a knife in a public place

He has been remanded to appear before Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 3 April.