Man Charged Over Knifepoint Robbery Attempt on 86-Year-Old in Swanley Asda Car Park

A 46-year-old man has been charged with attempted robbery after an 86-year-old man was confronted at knifepoint in the car park of Asda supermarket on London Road, Swanley, on Saturday 10 October.

According to police, the pensioner had just got into his car between 12:20pm and 12:30pm when a man approached, grabbed his arm and placed a four-inch knife to his stomach. The attacker demanded the victim's bank card and PIN, and asked for £500 in cash. The victim managed to push the man away and get out of the car before the attacker ran off empty-handed.

Kent Police had released a CCTV image of a man they wanted to identify. Following the appeal, officers arrested a 46-year-old man from Maidstone on the evening of Tuesday 13 October. He has since been charged with attempted robbery over the Swanley incident, along with separate charges of shoplifting and fraud, and was due to appear before Medway Magistrates' Court on Thursday 15 October.

Source: Kent Police