A suspected shoplifter has been charged after meat, chocolate and detergents were stolen from Sainsbury's and the Co-op.

Adam Lloyd appeared before Medway Magistrates' Court today following a series of thefts from stores in Swanley, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

Between April 4 and April 6, items from the shops were alleged to have been stolen in large quantities.

On Tuesday, April 20 a suspect was identified near Swanley train station and arrested.

Lloyd, 25, of Glyn Davies Close, Dunton Green, was later charged with six counts of theft and with resisting or obstructing a police constable in the execution of their duty.

He was further charged with assaulting a shop worker at a Savers store in Swanley.

Magistrates adjourned the next hearing until May 18 at Sevenoaks' court. Lloyd was bailed until that date.

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