A MAN has been charged by police following the theft of a charity collection box from a store in Lower Earley.

Luther O’Keefe, aged 32, of no fixed abode, was charged on Tuesday (19/1) with one count of theft and one count of vehicle interference.

The theft charge is in connection with an incident at Thomson, in the Asda Complex, Lower Earley on 12 January in which a charity collection box was stolen.

The vehicle interference charge is in connection with an incident in Parsley Close, Earley, on 1 October 2015 involving an Audi TT.

O’Keefe was bailed to appear at Slough Magistrates’ Court on 5 February.