SCENE: The post office in Waterfoot
A MAN has been charged following an attempted robbery of a 10-year-old boy in Waterfoot.
The incident happened at around 9:30am on February 5 after a 19-year-old woman withdrew money from a cash point outside the Post Office in Burnley Road East.
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She passed the money to her brother, aged 10, sitting in the passenger seat of her car.
A man, in possession of a knife, approached the car and allegedly attempted to take the money but following a struggle with the victims left the scene empty-handed.
Following a CCTV appeal, Daniel Shaw, 32, of Tunstead Mill Terrace, Bacup, was arrested and charged with attempted robbery.
He has been remanded to appear at Burnley Magistrates Court today.
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