A man has been charged after a robbery at a shop.

Officers were called to a store in St Vincent’s Road, Dartford, near the junction with Bow Arrow Lane after an incident last Thursday morning.

Dean Sheppard, 36, of St Edmund’s Road, Dartford, has since been charged with robbery and possession of a knife.

He is also accused of attempting to rob a store in Colney Road, Dartford, on Sunday, September 4, again while in possession of a knife.

Sheppard has been remanded in custody and will appear at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday, October 7.