Colchester: Man charged with 29 shoplifting offences

A man has been charged with almost 30 shoplifting offences following work by our officers in Colchester.

We have been investigating a series of incidents between October 2023 and October 2024 in the city.

The offences mainly relate to Co-op stores in Harwich Road and Hawthorne Avenue.

Daniel Jones, 36, of Spruce Avenue, Colchester was arrested on 24 November.

He has since been charged with 29 counts of theft from a shop and was due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on 26 November.

He is next due to appear at the same court on 27 January.

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