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Man charged with using knife to rob store of its till

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A man was charged yesterday (18 September) in connection with armed robbery of a Liverpool convenience store. Just before 9.15pm on Tuesday (16 September), Merseyside police were called to Picton Road, Wavertree, where a man was reported to have demanded the till while holding a…

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