Southend: Man charged after attempted robbery of 12-year-old boy
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A man has been charged with attempted robbery after a 12-year-old boy was approached in Southend.
It was reported the teenaged boy was approached by a man in Swanage Road at around 4.20pm on 25 November who grabbed him and demanded his phone.
The boy refused and was assaulted.
Officer arrested a 27-year-old man form Dagenham on suspicion of attempted robbery on Friday 29 November.
Now, 27-year-old Shaun Lio, of New Road in Dagenham, has been charged with attempted robbery and remanded in custody until he appears at Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court on Monday 2 December.
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