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Egremont man remanded in custody over alleged taxi robbery
A MAN has been remanded in custody over an alleged knifepoint robbery involving a taxi driver.
Curtis Barron, 26, faces charges of robbery and threatening a person with a blade or sharply pointed article in a public place.
The defendant, of Beck Green, Egremont, is accused of robbing the taxi driver of a money bag with £80 in Egremont on December 16.
It also alleged that Barron had a knife in a public place and intentionally threatened the taxi driver with it.
Barron did not enter pleas during a hearing at Workington Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The case was sent to Carlisle Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on January 19.
The defendant was remanded in custody until his next court appearance.
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