A MAN and two youths have been charged with burglary.

Police were called to a house on James Parnell Drive, off Berechurch Hall Road, at 3.30pm on Wednesday by someone who saw suspicious activity outside a house.

When officers arrived, a burglary was taking place.

The two youths, both aged 16 and from Colchester, and a 21-year-old from Colchester will appear at Colchester Magistrates Court on May 16.