Man remanded in custody after Eastbourne robberies

Police investigating a series of robberies in Eastbourne have arrested and charged a man in connection with the incidents.

At 10.40pm on Wednesday 16 August, officers were called to a robbery at Boss Man Booze in Grove Road.

On Saturday 19 August, at 3.30pm, police responded to a robbery at WH Smith in Terminus Road.

And on Sunday 20 August, police attended Tesco Express in Seaside Road after a report of a robbery at 1.20pm.

Elliott Moore, 31, of College Road, Eastbourne, was arrested on Tuesday (22 August) and later charged with three counts of robbery and two counts of being in possession of a bladed article.

He has also been charged in relation to a burglary at Coop in Cornfield Road at 7.53am on Sunday 20 August.

Moore appeared before Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (23 August) and was remanded in custody to next appear before a crown court to be fixed on Wednesday 20 September.