A suspected burglar has been charged after a crash which left a motorcyclist and their passenger with serious injuries.

Police patrols identified a blue Toyota connected to a series of break-ins and vehicle thefts in west Kent and Surrey on February 25.

Officers say the vehicle failed to stop when required and a pursuit took place.

The vehicle was later involved in a collision with a motorcycle in Green Court Road, Crockenhill which left the motorcyclist and their passenger with serious injuries.

The driver of the Toyota left the scene on foot and searching officers were unable to locate him.

Chad Goodall, of no fixed address, was later arrested in Peckham last Tuesday (March 5) in connection with the offences.

The 43-year-old was charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, two counts of criminal damage, conspiring to steal a motor vehicle, conspiring to commit burglary, and dangerous driving.

He appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (March 7) and was remanded in custody until a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on April 5.