A 31-YEAR-OLD man who is accused of damaging a large number of cars in Radcliffe is due back in court on Thursday.

Robert Banks, of no fixed abode, is charged with 31 counts of criminal damage.

He was brought before Bury magistrates on Saturday and was remanded in custody.

Officers were called to the area around Westminster Avenue in the early hours of Friday and discovered a large number of vehicles with slashed tyres.