A TEENAGER has been charged after a burglar raided a house and a car parked on a driveway.

Police were sent to Forton Avenue in Breightmet on Tuesday, January 28 after goods were taken from a home and a vehicle outside.

Two days later, a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of burglary and released under investigation.

An 18-year-old man has now been charged with burglary and theft of a motor vehicle.

He is due to appear at Wigan and Leigh Youth Court on Thursday, July 30.