Reading Magistrates' Court: Mortimer man accused of shoplifting in Newbury and Thatcham
Published: 12:30, 19 January 2023
A MAN has been accused of travelling to Newbury and Thatcham to go shoplifting.
On Tuesday, December 20, Reading magistrates held a preliminary hearing in the case against Matthew Holmes.
The 30-year-old, of St Catherine's Hill in Mortimer, is accused of stealing food and drink worth £458.50 from the Co-op store in Essex Street, Newbury, on November 17 last year.
He is further charged with stealing £77.45 of food items from Tesco in Thatcham on November 28 last year.