Man 'threatens' shop staff with knife during two Leamington robberies

The robberies happened over the weekend
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Shop staff were allegedly threatened by a man with a knife during two robberies in Leamington over the weekend.

The first incident occurred at a shop in Clemens Street at around 5.15pm on Saturday (June 6).

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It is alleged that a man threatened staff with a knife after they confronted him as he tried to steal items from the store.

A man has been arrested and charged with two counts of robberyA man has been arrested and charged with two counts of robbery
A man has been arrested and charged with two counts of robbery

The same happened again at a shop in Radford Road at around 6.35pm.

Matthew Court, 37, of no fixed abode, was arrested later that night and charged with two counts of robbery and is due to appear at the Magistrates’ Court in Leamington today (Monday June 8).