A MAN charged with burglaries in Skipton and in Sutton-in-Craven has been sent to crown court.

Zane Bashir, 19, faces a charge of burglary with another man of a house in Princes Crescent, Skipton, on April 16, and of a second house in Park Avenue, Sutton, on the same day.

Bashir and the other man are also charged with aggravated vehicle taking of a Volkswagen Golf from Sutton.

Bashir, of Ashfield Avenue, Shipley, appeared at Skipton Magistrates' Court when he was sent to Bradford Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on June 24.