A 42-year-old man from Ipswich has been charged with theft by employee after stealing Magnesium Ingots worth approximately £42,000.

Steven Kimble, of Stradbroke Road, has been bailed to appear at South East Suffolk Magistrates Court on February 4.

The charge relates to an incident at a business premises on October 16 last year in Nacton Road, where more than 2,500 ingots were stolen.