Man, 47, charged over robbery in Twyford Waitrose car park

A man has been charged over a robbery in the car park of Waitrose in Twyford where a woman was knocked to the floor as a thief tried to steal her handbag. 

David Wright was charged with one count of robbery and one count of possession of a bladed article in public at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (December 11).

The 47-year-old, of no fixed address, was also charged with three counts of vehicle interference.

His charges relate to a robbery in the car park of Waitrose’s Twyford branch in London Road at around 1.40pm on Monday (December 9).

A woman was knocked to the floor by a man who used a pair of scissors to cut her handbag and pry it away.

The woman was not injured.  

Wright has been released on conditional bail and is set to appear at Reading Crown Court on January 14 in the New Year.