Three teenagers charged with armed robbery at Costcutters in Heywood

Date published: 24 July 2014


Three teenagers have been charged following an armed robbery at Costcutters in Heywood.

Three boys, aged 17, 16 and 15 – who cannot be named for legal reasons- have been charged with robbery.

They are due before Bury Youth Court on 7 August 2014.

On 13 April 2014 staff at the store on Bury New Road, Heywood, were threatened by two robbers who were armed with a handgun and a knife. A third person was waiting nearby before all three made off.

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