A MAN from Swindon has been charged with 18 accounts of criminal damage after graffiti was sprayed on a number of properties in the town centre.

The 18 incidents of graffiti took place between the evening of Friday, October 14, and the early hours of Saturday, October 15, on properties in the Brunel Shopping Centre.

Police issued a CCTV picture after the vandalism as they sought more information.

Dean Morse, 21, from Chandler Close was charged today and has been released on conditional bail. He is due to appear before Swindon magistrates on January 11.