A MAN has been charged with a number of offences following a spate of thefts across Clitheroe last month.

Stephen Crawford, 27, of no fixed abode has been charged with attempted burglary in a dwelling.

He has also been charged with going equipped for theft, theft from a motor vehicle, handling stolen goods, fraud by false representation, dangerous driving and number of other driving offences.

He has been remanded in custody and will appear before the magistrates court in the morning.