A MAN who has been accused of stealing a vibrator and an iPad in a burglary has appeared in court.

Ian Bamford attended Hertford Magistrates’ Court on Friday after being charged with burglary and theft.

The 39-year-old is alleged to have broken into a house in Longcroft Road, Stevenage, in December last year, stealing a vibrator and an Apple iPad worth £410 in total.

Bamford, of Briardale in Stevenage, has pleaded not guilty with the case adjourned for trial at Hertford on April 16.

He has been given conditional bail.