A MAN has been charged over an overnight break-in.

Police were called to the home after the incident at Bexhill Road in St Leonards between 10.30pm on June 28 and 6.45am the next day.

Cash and other items were taken during the theft.

Now officers say they have charged a man on suspicion of the offence. Billy Kent was charged last week.

The 20-year-old sales assistant, of Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards, appeared before Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. He will next appear at Lewes Crown Court on September 3.