Second man charged over armed robbery at Sheffield shop

Scott Bell, aged 26, formerly of Barnsley but now remanded in custody at HMP Doncaster, was charged yesterday with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon following a raid at a Premier store on Burncross Road, Burncross, last September.

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Earlier this month Steven Gillis, 42, of Victoria Street, Barnsley, was charged with robbery and theft of a motor vehicle and remanded into custody over the same incident.

Gillis is due at court on March 17 and Bell on March 24.

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They were charged after two men entered a shop at 4pm on September 10 and threatened the owner with a knife and screwdriver before stealing two charity boxes and cash from in the till and behind the counter.

Somewhere between £500 and £700 was stolen altogether along with 100 packets of cigarettes and the shop owner’s wallet.