A MAN has been charged with five counts of burglary after a spate of high value burglaries in the Bushey and Radlett areas totalling thousands of pounds.

Kevin Hutchin, from Elstree, made his first court appearance at Dacorum Magistrates Court last week and has been remanded in custody until Monday, August 4, when he is due to return to the same court.

The burglaries he has been charged with include: an address in Willow Way, Radlett, in October last year where jewellery was stolen, an address in Chiltern Avenue, Bushey, in November last year where jewellery, a camera and computer games were stolen and stolen jewellery from a property in Christchurch Crescent, Radlett, in January.

He was also charged with a burglary in Potters Bar and cash stolen from an address in Gills Hill Lane in Radlett in February.