Two people have been charged in relation to a number of vehicle thefts and burglaries in the Frodsham and Runcorn area.

Patrick Dowling, 32, and Lyndsey Bond, 28, were both arrested in Runcorn in the early hours of Monday March 12 following reports of a car and key burglary in Frodsham.

Bond, of no fixed abode, was subsequently charged with burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and possession of a controlled Class B drugs.

Dowling, of no fixed abode, was charged with two counts of burglary with intent to steal, two counts of burglary and theft, two counts of theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving, failing to stop and failing to comply with a red traffic signal.

Both have been remanded in custody and are set to appear at North Cheshire Magistrates’ on Tuesday March 13.