A man has been charged after reports of two robberies in streets in the same area of a town within the space of just two hours.

At around midnight on Thursday, July 27 a man was walking along Knightrider Street in Maidstone when he was approached by someone he knew.

According to reports he was then threatened before having his mobile phone stolen from him.

Around two hours later, a second victim was waiting at a cash machine in Lower Stone Street when a man approached him and stole his money as it was dispensed.

Both incidents were reported to the police and a suspect was promptly arrested at an address in Knightrider Street.

As the man was being taken to the police station, three officers were reportedly assaulted.

Conal O’Hara, of Lower Road, Maidstone, was later charged with two robberies and three counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

The 30-year-old appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday (July 29) where he was conditionally bailed to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on August 21.