A MAN has been charged after mobile phones and bank cards were stolen from homes.

Jordan William Ruston, 22, of Howe Road in Gosport has been charged with burglary following incidents in the area.

It comes after a number of mobiles and purses containing bank cards were stolen from two properties on Privett Road and Hill Park Road in Gosport in the early hours of Wednesday, August 3.

He has been remanded and is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court tomorrow morning.

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