Man charged with burglary following theft of multiple board games from Board in the City CIC in Southampton

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A board game cafe has been broken into with multiple games being stolen and a man has been charged with burglary.

The police have charged a man following a burglary at a Southampton board game café in the early hours of yesterday morning (Wednesday, January 3). The police were called at 5.23am to a report that Board in the City on Onslow Road had been broken into. Officers attended and conducted enquiries at the scene. They located a number of board games suspected to have been stolen and arrested a man nearby a short time later – Karl Alexander Fawcett, 41, of Cuckmere Lane, has been charged with burglary.

He is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday, January 4).