Detectives investigating an armed robbery at a jewellery retail business in Andover have arrested and charged three people and arrested and bailed a fourth.
Luke Peverall, aged 24 of no fixed address and Tom White, aged 26 from Swallowfields, Iver, have both been charged with robbery; conspiracy to rob, GBH and possession of an offensive weapon.
They have been remanded for court tomorrow (Saturday 20). Leah Prater, 19, from Rickmansworth Road, Uxbridge has been charged with conspiracy to rob.
An 18-year-old woman from Slough has been arrested and bailed pending further enquiries relating to all of the above.
Police were called by staff at David Mellors & Sons jewellers after the store was raided on 11 September.
Witnesses described seeing two people on a motorbike pull into Waterloo Court from Wellington Road. The motorbike did a u-turn, during which the pillion passenger jumped from the bike and ran into the jewellers, where he or she proceeded to smash the glass cabinets with a hammer.
The shop manager tackled the robber, who immediately fled the shop. The suspect got back onto the motorbike and the pair fled the scene towards Wellington Road, where it turned right and out of sight.
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