A wanted man has been arrested and charged with nine offences including a theft from a shop in Market Harborough and an assault on a member of shop staff.

Shaun Williams, 31 of no fixed abode, was arrested and remanded into police custody on Wednesday (August 12) and is currently waiting on remand for a date to resolve the matters.

Williams has been charged with one theft from Fleckney Co-op, three thefts from Scraptoft Co-op, an assault on store staff, one theft from the Leicester Road, Market Harborough, Co-op from in March and three thefts from the Leicester city and Keyham area.

Market Harborough and Lutterworth Police’s Safer Streets Team, whose officers took Williams into custody and interviewed him, said: “We want to encourage stores to report shop lifting to us as we want to tackle those who cause the most harm to our stores and community.”