A MAN has been charged after several burglaries across South Devon, including from church in Ashburton and Chudleigh.

Campbell Macdiarmid, aged 61, from Queen Elizabeth Drive, Paignton, has been charged with four counts of burglary.

He had previously been charged with two counts of burglary.

Macdiarmid is due to appear before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court today, Thursday, June 26.

The charges are in relation to several burglaries from numerous locations, including St Andrews Church in Ashburton, Ashburton Arts Centre, St Martins & St Marys Church in Chudleigh, St Andrews Church in Paignton, Paignton Secretarial Centre Midvale Road and Soul Pizza in Ashburton.