Man charged following spate of armed robberies

BBC A 'Day Today' filling station with a police cordon over the front of it. BBC
One of the armed robberies happened on the Ballinderry Bridge Road filling station

A man has been charged with a number of offences following a spate of armed robberies in the Mid Ulster area on Thursday.

The 32-year-old has been charged with three counts of robbery, taking conveyance without authority and common assault.

The robberies happened in three separate locations in the Ballyronan, Coagh and Clonoe areas.

The man is due to appear at Dungannon Magistrates Court on 3 February.