POLICE are trying to trace a woman who failed to appear at court to answer two charges of shop theft.

York woman Charlene Dickinson, 32, failed to appear at the city’s magistrates court on November 7 last year.

She is also known to use the names Charlene Casey and Charlene Welford and has connections in both York and Scarborough, so may be in those areas.

Anyone who has seen Charlene or knows of her current whereabouts, is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 and speak to the force control room.

To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111.