Man set to appear in court after being charged with number of motoring offences

Joshua Gunther will appear at Cannock Magistrates Court in September after being charged with theft of a motor vehicle, driving while disqualified and use of a motor vehicle on a road or in a public place without third party insurance.

The 21-year-old, of Brewer Street in Walsall, was charged after a car and a van were stung by officers from Staffordshire Police on Raikes Lane in Lichfield on July 23 and followed on from the two vehicles being reported as stolen from the West Midlands and from Tamworth.

Gunther has been released on bail ahead of his appearance at Cannock Magistrates Court.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "A man has been charged after two vehicles were stolen in Lichfield.

"Joshua Gunter, 21, from Walsall, has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle, driving while disqualified and use of a motor vehicle on a road or in a public place without third party insurance.

"It comes after a car and a van were stung by police in Raikes Lane, Lichfield on Tuesday, July 23 after they were reported stolen in the West Midlands and Tamworth.

"Gunther has been released on bail until his sentencing at Cannock Magistrates' Court on September 12."