A teenager has been charged with robbery and threatening a person with a 'sharply pointed article' after an incident in Chatham town centre.

Raffaello Pozzuolo of Princess Alice Way, Thamesmead, has been charged with robbery and threatening a person with a sharply pointed article in a public place.

The 18-year-old was due to appear at Medway Magistrates Court today.

He was arrested on Wednesday after officers were called to reports of a robbery in the High Street at 11.33am.

It is alleged that a man had been robbed.

Two other men, both aged 18, one from Plumstead and the other from Lewisham, were also arrested in connection with the incident and have both been released on bail until Wednesday, October 18.