A man has been charged after more than a dozen cars were damaged overnight on Tuesday.

Officers were called to Truro Road, Gravesend, after 10pm, following reports the vehicles had been scratched with a knife.

They carried out a search of the area and arrested a 28-year-old man from Higham on suspicion of criminal damage.

Richard Somosu, 28, of no fixed address, has been charged with seven counts of criminal damage, and charges of assaulting a police officer and possessing a knife.