A man has been charged with robbery and criminal damage following a knifepoint robbery at a Co-Op store in Chelmsford.

Police were called just before 10pm on Monday, January 25, with reports the store in Forest Drive had been robbed of money.

David Cadey, 29, of no fixed abode has been charged today, (Wednesday January 27) and was due to appear before magistrates in Chelmsford this morning.