A MAN who has been bailed on a charge of attempted murder has been charged with a string of burglaries in south Birmingham, including an incident in Wythall.

Leon Clarke, from Pomeroy Close in Bartley Green, is due in court today in connection with a total of eight break-ins spanning Kings Heath and Northfield, Solihull, Sandwell and Wythall.

Clarke, 20, was arrested from his home in the early hours of Wednesday morning (May 3) by detectives investigating a shooting in Bartley Green on Sunday in which a man suffered a gunshot wound to his arm.

He has been bailed on a charge of attempted murder while police enquiries continue.

He will also appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (May 4) on a charge of conspiracy to commit burglary at eight properties, including one in Silver Street, Wythall, on March 17.

It’s also claimed he broke into an address on Uplands Avenue, Rowley Regis, on March 12.

He is further alleged to have targeted Kings Heath homes on March 23 – Woodthorpe Road and Tudor Close – and struck at an address in Holdgate Road, Northfield, on January 28.

Unemployed Clarke is also accused of three Solihull burglaries, in Lowbrook Lane, Dykens Way and Ferndown Road on February 28, March 23 and March 27 respectively.