Sussex: Two charged with shoplifting offences
Two men charged with shoplifting at Tates Garden Centres
Sussex Police have charged two men in connection with shoplifting offences at two Tates Garden Centres in Sussex.
Last month, police received a report of weed killer, to a value of around £450, being stolen from Mayberry Garden Centre in Old Shoreham Road, Portslade.
Only a week later, another theft was reported from Old Barn Garden Centre in Worthing Road, Dial Post, with the goods taken worth around £1,883.
The force said thorough investigations were launched alongside the business and neighbouring forces, and on Friday (1 March) two men were arrested.
Peter Goodall, 45, of Slagrove Place in Lewisham, and Donald Mitchell, 57, of Riddons Road in Lewisham, have now been charged with two counts of shoplifting each, and remanded in custody to appear before Maidstone Magistrates' Court on Monday, 4 March.