Police have charged a 57-year-old man following a series of armed robberies in Stourbridge last month.

Peter Marsden was arrested on suspicion of robbery, on April 4th in a car park in Enville Street, Wollaston.

Marsden has now been charged with four counts of robbery and four counts of possessing an imitation firearm. It follows four armed robberies at a home in Enville Street, on 1 March; at Spar, Bridgnorth Road, on 29 March; at Tesco Express, Hagley Road, on 30 March and at Sainsbury's in High Street, Stourbridge, also on 30 March.

A second man, aged 33, was also arrested on suspicion of robbery and remains in custody as the investigation continues.