A 51-year-old man has been charged following a police investigation into a spate of house burglaries in Chester and Nantwich.

Carl Francis Haddock, from Maes-Y-Coed, Gwersyllt, Wrexham, was arrested on August 20 and has been charged with a number of burglaries.

Haddock appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates Court on August 23, where he was remanded into custody to appear at Chester Crown Court on September 3.