A MAN accused of stealing a digger and crashing it into a wall is due to appear before a court.

George Pilkington Hall is alleged to have taken a Kubota RW 25 wheeled loader in Ulverston before causing damage to the wall on September 7.

The 25-year-old is also charged with driving the machinery on a public without insurance and driving without due care and attention in another vehicle.

The defendant, of Viney Avenue in Romsey, Hampshire, is to face South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.