Leyland man Wayne Collins charged with stealing McDonald's charity container with £300 donations for hospice
The charity coin collector contained £300 in donations for the local Derian House Children's Hospice.
A Leyland man has been charged with stealing a charity coin collector containing £300 from McDonalds.
The charity donation spinner was in support of local children’s hospice Derian House and McDonald’s staff said they were ‘heartbroken’ by the theft.
Wayne Collins, 31, of Northbrook Gardens, Leyland has been charged with theft from a shop and ‘theft by finding’.
He will appear at Preston Magistrates Court on May 22.
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A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: “We were called to the restaurant last Tuesday, April 28, following reports a man had entered, picked up the charity coin collector and left the building.
“Later in the day, two beer kegs were stolen from Go Local on Leyland Lane by a man matching the same description.
“Yesterday, following multiple enquiries, a 31-year-old man from Leyland was arrested and we can now tell you that Wayne Collins, 31, of Northbrook Gardens, Leyland has been charged with theft from a shop and theft – other – including theft by finding.”