Teen Charged After Knifepoint Robbery in Roehampton

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15-year-old stole woman's mobile phone in Tunworth Crescent

The local Roehampton policing team have arrested a 15-year-old youth in connection with two robbery offences in the local area.

They reported on Twitter that they responded to a 999 call this Monday evening (9 April) in a woman reported a knife point robbery at Tunworth Crescent. A teenage suspect was traced to a nearby address.

The police found property from the robbery and another robbery that had occurred the previous day at Putney Vale cemetery at the location.

The youth, who cannot be named as he is a minor, pleaded guilty to robbery charges at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court this Wednesday and has been bailed pending a sentencing hearing.

April 13, 2018