A SOUTHAMPTON man has been charged with a number of shoplifting offences after salmon, gin and beer were stolen.

Thomas Curran, 28, from Cranbury Avenue, Southampton, has been charged with the following shoplifting offences that occurred in April and May.

On Saturday, April 24, at 9.47am, two packs of salmon were stolen from Sainsbury’s in Bedford Place.

On Saturday, May 1, at 11.30am, two bottles of gin and beer to the value of £68 were stolen from Marks and Spencer in Westquay shopping centre on Above Bar Street.

On Sunday, May 2, at 1.20pm two bottles of gin to the value of £60 were stolen from Marks and Spencer in Westquay shopping centre on Above Bar Street.

Curran was remanded and appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, June 10.