Man charged over Bristol bank robbery
Marcus Laing has been charged with three counts of robbery and three counts of possessing a bladed article
A man has been charged in connection with a bank robbery in Bristol earlier this week.
42-year-old Marcus Laing, of Rodney Road, in St George, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court this morning (25 May) following the incident at the Natwest Bank, in Fishponds Road, on Tuesday (23 May).
He has been charged with three counts of robbery and three counts of possessing a bladed article, with the charges relating to three different robberies, with a knife seen during each of them.
The first incident, on Thursday 18 May, happened at a newsagent on Forest Road.
The second was at a Bristol home on Saturday 20 May and the most recent robbery happened at the NatWest bank.
Laing has been remanded into custody and will next appear at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 23 June.
A 53-year-old woman was arrested yesterday morning and has been released under investigation.