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Man charged with knifepoint robbery in Abbeymead

A man has been charged in connection with an incident outside a supermarket in Abbeymead, Gloucester on Friday night when a woman's car was taken at knifepoint.

Sam John Broder, aged 29 and of The Crapen, Dursley has been charged with four alleged offences in relation to the incident outside Tesco Express in Mead Road on Friday 5 November.

He has been charged with robbery, possession of a knife in a public place, driving a vehicle when alcohol level is above the legal limit and using a vehicle without insurance.

Broder has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear before magistrates in Cheltenham on Monday 8 November.

Read more: Gloucestershire Constabulary take part in national knife surrender 

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