A man will appear before court charged with racial harassment.

Following an incident at the Primark store in the County Mall, Crawley, on the morning of Saturday May 3, police arrested a local man.

Alexander Richard Murie, 41, of Burdock Close, Crawley, appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with causing racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress.

He elected trial by jury and was released on bail to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on June 4.