A WOMAN has been charged with a number of offences following an investigation into several vehicle break-ins.

Essex Police’s Colchester Policing Team have arrested and charged a 36-year-old from Colchester with 16 offences.

The woman was detained by the force after bank cards were stolen from vehicles in the city and then used in nearby shops.

She is next due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on February 14.