Man charged with firearm counts after staff tied up in Hove gunpoint robbery (From The Argus)
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Man charged with firearm counts after staff tied up in Hove gunpoint robbery
5:37pm Tuesday 1st January 2013 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
A man has been charged with an armed robbery following an incident in Hove.
Staff at Thomas Cook travel agents in Church Road, were tied up and robbed at gunpoint on Friday.
Luis Cristo, 20, of Lomley House, Tulse Hill, London, was arrested as he boarded a flight leaving Gatwick Airport on New Year's Eve.
He has been charged with four counts of armed robbery and four firearms offences.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Folkestone Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
