ESSEX Police has charged two men with eight counts of criminal damage.

Bacari Adams, 28, of Forty Hill, Middlesex and Jake Martin, 26, of Fenton Road, Tottenham, London were arrested last year on Saturday November 19.

The charges relate to damage caused to property in Brentwood including garage doors, a bollard and a phone box.

The investigating team was made up of the Brentwood and Epping Forest Community Policing Team, assisted by Brentwood CCTV and Safer Brentwood Community Partnership.

Both have been bailed to Basildon Magistrates Court until Thursday February 16.