A 36-year-old man has been charged with robbing a bank in Whitstable.

Danny Powell, of no fixed address, was arrested on Tuesday at a caravan park on Golden Hill at about 7pm.

He has been charged with stealing cash from Barclays Bank in the High Street on Saturday March 26.

The incident took place at 10.20am after police were called to a report that a quantity of cash had been stolen after a member of staff had been given a threatening note.

Mr Powell was charged with the robbery and has been remanded by police to appear before Medway magistrates today.

Rogan Turner, who witnessed the aftermath, said: “I was just waiting outside the bank when they suddenly locked the doors.

“Then a load of police turned up in four cars and there are a lot of police walking about.

“I heard someone say a man had gone in there and demanded money and might have said he had a gun, but I don’t know that for sure.”