STROUD woman Charlotte Atkins is due in court today, Friday, to face a string of charges including possessing drugs, stealing laptops and charity donations.

Atkins, aged 40, of Westward Road, Ebley, faces five separate counts including possessing crack cocaine and heroin and burgling two charity shops.

She is charged with stealing a MacBook and an ASOS laptop worth a total of £1,539 from a car between August 8 and 11 2022 in Gloucester.

The second charge is burgling the Salvation Army Charity Shop in the Oxebode, Gloucester between July 31 and August 3, 2022 and stealing a donation box.

She is also charged with burgling the Longfield Charity Shop in Northgate Street, Gloucester between August 8 and 11, 2022 and stealing four men's watches, a bracelet, necklace, a tablet device and a donation box worth a total of £100.

The last two charges are possessing crack cocaine and heroin on August 12, 2022 in Gloucester.

No pleas have been entered.

She is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates Court today, Friday.