Police have charged a Surrey man with burglary after the home of an elderly couple of Alton was broken into.

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s returned to their Church Lane home on November 19 to find a brick thrown through their window and their property burgled.

There has since been a breakthrough with Danny Keet being charged with domestic burglary and theft from a motor vehicle.

The 45-year-old of Corbetts Close – his town or village has not been specified by police – was remanded into custody to appear before Portsmouth Magistrates Court today.