A teenager is to stand trial accused of stealing more than £50,000 worth of jewellery and cash in a house burglary in Newhall.

Ionut Serdaru appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court to answer the burglary charge.

He is charged with entering an address in Orchard Street, Newhall, on March 22, this year, and allegedly stealing jewellery and cash believed to be worth £50,074.

The 18-year-old, of Mount Street, Birmingham, denied the charge when he appeared before magistrates and is now due to stand trial at Derby Crown Court on Friday, August 25.

Magistrates remanded Serdaru into custody until his appearance at the crown court.

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