A man from Worthing will appear in court today charged with armed robbery, assault and possession of an imitation firearm.
Thirty-two-year-old Danny Cobbold of Winterbourne Close is suspected of holding up Worthing News in Rowlands Road at 6.10pm last Thursday (Dec 3).
He's one of two men who threatened staff in the shop with an imitation firearm, taking around £400 in cash and four bottles of vodka.
One victim was assaulted and suffered a minor injury.
Cobbold will appear at Crawley Magistrates' today (Dec 8) charged with robbery, assault thereby causing actual bodily harm and possession of an imitation firearm.
Enquiries continue to identify a second suspect described as a tall man with dark brown eyes, wearing a face mask and also wearing all black.
Detective Sergeant Andrew Ricks said:
"Our investigation into this matter is progressing and we continue to appeal to anyone with information to come forward.
"We urge anyone who was in the area around the time of this incident and has CCTV, doorbell or dash-cam footage to get in touch straightaway.
"Please report information to us online or via 101, quoting Operation Everdon."
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