A 26-year-old will appear in court today charged with committing three distraction burglaries in the city.

Thomas Cserenyecz, 26, of Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards, has been charged with burglaries in Down Terrace, on May 15, at Freshfield Street on May 16 and and at Freshfield Road on May 21.

Bank cards cash and jewellery were stolen in the burglaries in Brighton. He will appear in Brighton Magistrates' Court.