A MAN has been remanded in custody after being arrested on suspicion of burglary and shoplifting in the Holme Wood area.

The 25-year-old is accused of being responsible for a burglary on October 22, where a microwave oven was stolen and a shoplifiting incident two days earlier where coffee and meat were stolen.

The oven has since been recovered.

He was remanded in custody until Wednesday, when he will appear at court.