Hull: Man arrested for multiple burglaries and arson

A man has been charged in connection with reports that the fire damaged houses on Stroud Crescent East, Hull had been broken into.

Gareth Handley, a 35-year-old local man of no fixed adobe was charged with being found on enclosed premises.

Handley was also charged with a shop burglary on 11 April, attempt shop burglary on 12 April, handling stolen property following a shed burglary on Hartland Close on 5 May and going equipped to steal on 5 May. All incidents occurred in Hull.

Following a first hearing this week, he was remanded into custody due to appear in Hull Magistrates Court on 2 June.

A second man, arrested in connection with the reported burglary at Stroud Crescent East, has since been released with no further action.