A man from Hedge End has been charged with stalking a 25-year-old woman.

Joshua George Wareham, 28, of Cheltenham Gardens, has been charged with stalking involving fear of violence following a series of incidents which took place over the weekend.

Police were called to a Southampton address following a report that a man had tried to gain entry to the victim’s home while making threatening comments on three separate occasions across Saturday, October 19 and Sunday October 20.

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Hampshire police have said that Wareham and the victim were known to each other.

Wareham has been remanded in to custody and was due to appear at Southampton Magistrates Court on Monday.