A 19-YEAR-OLD man is to appear at the crown court charged with shoplifting.

Luke Barry James Sullivan, of Railway Road, Blackburn, is accused of stealing £22.28 worth of food from Morrisons in Nelson.

He was sent by Burnley magistrates to the town’s Crown Court on June 2.

The teenager was also charged with two counts of failing to surrender to custody after being bailed in criminal proceedings and another of committing an offence during a suspended sentence.