Man charged with spate of armed robberies

A man has been charged with taking part in three armed robberies over the last week, as well as stealing a car following one of the raids.

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Mark Stephen Gillon, aged 33, of no fixed abode, was arrested on Saturday, the day after a robbery of Barclay's Bank in the Square, Shifnal, at 3.30pm, was followed by a raid on the One Stop on Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton at 10.20pm.

Directly after the Shifnal bank robbery a car was stolen from Tudor Way.