A South Oxfordshire man has been charged with a number of driving offences, criminal damage and drug offences.

Jermaine Jatta, of Plantation View in Marcham near Abingdon, was charged today (May 2) with one count each of driving a motor vehicle dangerously and failure to stop a mechanically propelled vehicle when required by a constable.

The 18-year-old has also been charged with criminal damage to property over £5,000, criminal damage to property under £5,000, and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug namely cannabis.

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The charges are in relation to an incident on Tuesday (April 30) in Marcham.

Following a pursuit by officers, the vehicle ended up in the rear garden of a property in the village, police have said.

No one was injured in the incident.

Jatta was arrested on Tuesday and was remanded to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today (May 2).