A 35-year-old man has been charged with five counts of shoplifting. 

Lee Rudman, of Blenheim Drive in Witney, is charged with stealing cash and alcohol in thefts from shops in Abingdon, Woodstook, Witney, Carterton, and Kidlington between March 19 and May 3.

He will appear at Banbury Magistrates' Court on May 30.