A MAN accused of stealing a £16.99 bottle of vodka is due to appear in court charged with shoplifting.

Matthew David Holland, of Newport Street in Barrow, is accused of stealing the booze from the Co-op in Oxford Street on February 28 of this year.

The 37-year-old has been charged with theft of the one litre bottle of Russian Standard Vodka and is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court tomorrow.