A MAN has been charged following two incidents at shops in Ringwood.

Jordan Ashley Burnell, 28, has been charged with assault, criminal damage and shoplifting.

Burnell was arrested by officers at 8.45pm on Monday, January 8, after incidents were reported at two shops off Butlers Lane in Ringwood.

The defendant, of Cecil Road in Boscombe, was remanded in custody.

He was due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, January 10.

The result of the hearing is yet to be published.