A TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD man has been charged in connection with alleged shoplifting incidents in Leigh.

Following an investigation, Daniel Wilcock, of no fixed address, has been charged with five counts of theft offences.

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The charges are in connection with a spate of shoplifting incidents in the west Leigh area police said on Saturday.

He was remanded into custody to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning, November 9.