A MAN has been charged with 14 alleged shopliftings in and around Southampton.

Philip Rosher, 34, of no fixed abode, has been charged with 14 alleged shoplifting offences that took place between March 22 and May 4.

The offences, that mostly took place in Bitterne are:

• On Monday, March 22, at around 8.20am, items worth approximately £75 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Monday, April 5, at around 9.35pm, items worth approximately £107 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Tuesday, April 6, at around 4.10pm, items worth approximately £33 were stolen from Tesco Express on Winchester Road, Fair Oak.

• On Wednesday, April 7, on three separate occasions, items worth approximately £43, £40 and £52 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Sunday, April 11, at around 2.40pm, items worth approximately £41 were stolen from Tesco Express, Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Monday, April 12, at around 4.20pm, items worth approximately £40 were stolen from Tesco Express, Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Monday, April 12, at around 9.10pm, items worth approximately £48 were stolen from Tesco Express, West End Road, Harefield.

• On Wednesday, April 14, at around 10pm, items worth approximately £45 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Friday, April 16, on two separate occasions, items worth approximately £76 and £40 were stolen from Tesco Express, Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Monday, April 19, at around 10pm, items to worth approximately £75 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Thursday, April 22, at around 12.35pm, items worth approximately £71 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Saturday, May 1, at around 7.45pm, items worth approximately £60 were stolen from Tesco Express on Winchester Road, Fair Oak.

• On Sunday, May 2, at around 7.30pm, items worth approximately £37 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

• On Tuesday, May 4, at around 2.25pm, items worth approximately £15 were stolen from Tesco Express on Witts Hill, Bitterne.

Rosher has now been remanded in custody to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court today.