A MAN is due to appear in court in connection with a stolen digger.

The 24-year-old who was arrested in connection with the theft from a school site in Yarm has been charged with aggravated taking of a vehicle without the owner’s consent (TWOC) and with driving without insurance.

The vehicle came to rest in a flower bed after the incident on Saturday night.

He is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

A 21-year-old woman was charged with aggravated TWOC.  She is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court in September.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Cleveland Police on the non emergency number 101.