A MAN appeared in court today, charged with stealing Poppy Appeal collection tins from a bank and shop.
Stuart McCarron, 36, of Thornville Court, Manningham, Bradford, is charged with tampering with a Royal British Legion collection box at Barclays Bank in Bingley, on October 29.
He faces a similar charge of taking a collection box from the Co-op store in Bingley Road, Saltaire, on November 2.
In both cases, McCarron is accused of swapping Royal British Legion tins for similar empty collection tins.
In both incidents the value of the stolen tins is unknown.
McCarron, who appeared in the dock at before Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court wearing a navy blue jacket, a maroon T-shirt and dark grey trousers, only spoke to confirm his name, address and to give his pleas to the charges.
He will stand trial at the magistrates' court on January 11 next year.
Magistrates granted McCarron bail with conditions of a daily electronically-monitored curfew between 1pm and 8pm and ordered him to comply with a drug intervention programme.
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