18 Jan 2009

Man faces four aggravated robbery charges

9:06 pm on 18 January 2009

A man will appear in the Wellington District Court on Monday morning in connection with four armed robberies which took place in the capital last week.

The 30-year-old unemployed man from the suburb of Newlands is accused of robbing three service stations and a pharmacy, as well as threatening staff with a tomahawk.

The man faces four charges of aggravated robbery.