A LYE man has appeared in court after he was claimed to have stolen a bus from a yard in Tipton last Wednesday evening (March 30).

Thomas Tibbs, of Clinic Drive, was charged with aggravated vehicle taking when he appeared at Sandwell Magistrates Court on Friday (April 1).

Tibbs, alongside Peter Loveland, 39, of Tipton and John Burton, 38, of Telford, were arrested after a stolen bus was located in The Paddock in Coseley in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The 20-year-old has been released on bail, but is due to appear before Wolverhampton Crown Court at 10am on Friday, April 29.