Police have charged three men in connection with a smash and grab on three jewellers in the intu Watford shopping centre.

Bogdan Acsinte, 27, of Colegrave Road, Stratford, along with Robert Caia, 27, of Prosser Street, Wolverhampton and Gheorghe Cretu, 26, of no fixed address, have been charged with conspiracy to commit burglary.

They have been charged in connection with a raid on a host of jewellers in the intu shopping centre on August 29 and a burglary at a shop in The Centre MK in Milton Keynes on October 16.

The men appeared before Milton Keynes Magistrates Court today.

The case was referred to Aylesbury Crown Court with the men due to appear before the court on October 27.