Shoplifters appear in court after being 'caught with stolen trousers' in Union Street, Maidstone
16:46, 31 December 2019
updated: 08:56, 09 January 2020
A suspected shoplifting duo appeared in court after PCSOs allegedly caught them with a pair of stolen trousers.
While on patrol in Union Street, Maidstone, officers stopped Matthew Stannard and Kathy Banks, both of Regent Close.
Following enquiries at a department store in Week Street, both were arrested by attending police officers on suspicion of theft.
They were later charged with stealing £225 worth of clothes.
Stannard was also charged with failing to provide a non-intimate sample in custody for a Class A drugs test.
The 47-year-old pleaded guilty and was given a community order and ordered to pay £170.
Banks, 51, was due to appear at Medway Magistrates Court yesterday (Wednesday).
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