A man has been charged after burglary and theft of a car from a property in Preston.

Police were called at around 7am on 14 September after reports of a burglary at a home on Holme Slack Lane.

It was reported that the suspect had entered the property through an insecure window while the occupants of the house were upstairs. A car was then stolen from the driveway after the keys were taken from the house.

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The following day, the car was spotted by officers in the Frenchwood area of Preston and, after a short pursuit, the driver, a 28-year-old man was arrested after fleeing the car and being found hiding on the banks of the River Ribble by PD Viper, police said.

Following an investigation by the South Residential Burglary Team and after consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Samuel Knowles, 28, of no fixed address has been charged with burglary and aggravated vehicle taking.

He appeared at Preston Magistrates’ Court this week and was remanded to custody to next appear in October.

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