A MAN has been charged with using threatening language after police were called to the Odeon in Westbrook over reports sweets had been stolen from the pick 'n' mix section.

Joseph Lowther, of no fixed abode, was arrested on Saturday after officers received reports that food had been stolen from the cinema, off Cromwell Avenue, at 6pm.

The 30-year-old is expected to appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court on August 2.