TWO men are charged in connection with shoplifting offences at two Tates Garden Centres in Sussex.
On February 13, police received a report of weedkiller, to a value of about £450, being stolen from Mayberry Garden Centre in Old Shoreham Road, Portslade.
On February 24, another theft was reported from Old Barn Garden Centre in Worthing Road, Dial Post, with the goods taken worth about £1,883.
Thorough investigations were launched alongside the business and neighbouring forces, and on Friday, March 1, two men were arrested.
Peter Goodall, 45, of Slagrove Place in Lewisham, and Donald Mitchell, 57, of Riddons Road in Lewisham, have now been charged with two counts of shoplifting each, and remanded in custody to appear before Maidstone Magistrates’ Court today (Monday, March 4).
