A MAN was due to appear in court today charged with burglaries in the Winchester area.

Adam Prendergast, 29, of Bramston Road, Minster on Sea, Kent was charged with 13 counts of burglary in Cheriton, Alresford and Medstead on January 15, and a further count in Oxfordshire.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court today, said police.