A MAN is due to appear in court accused of stealing a “high-value car” in south Essex.

Hisham Ali is due to appear at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Monday in connection with the theft of a high-value car in Grays in the early hours of Saturday morning, Essex Police said.

Mr Ali, of Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon, will answer five charges including theft of a car, dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and failing to stop for police.

The 19-year-old has also been charged with a second count of driving without insurance on March 2, 2021.