A 53-year-old man from Windsor has been charged after residents were evacuated from their homes in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Robert Briddick, of Sinclair Road, Windsor, is accused of one count of criminal damage - recklessly endangering life, one count of threatening to damage/destroy property and one count of criminal damage to property valued over £5,000.

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The charges were brought against Mr Briddick this morning and he is due to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court today.

They were made in connection with an incident in Sinclair Road yesterday.