A second man has been charged after a robbery and assault at a shop last month when a victim suffered a head injury.
Three suspects fled the scene in The Highway, Moulsecoomb, before driving a blue Ford Fiesta into another vehicle and the front of a house in Colbourne Avenue in December.
Anthony Kirsten, 44, of Hillside, Brighton, has now been charged with robbery and having a bladed article.
He is also charged with aggravated vehicle taking, driving without insurance and driving without a licence.
He appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (9 January) and was remanded in custody to appear before a crown court judge on Tuesday 6 February.
The incident led to an extensive police search, with helicopter support, over Moulsecoomb and Bevendean on Wednesday 6 December.
Another man, Charlie Crookes, 22, of Norwich Drive, Bevendean, appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Friday 8 December, charged with affray, two counts of having a knife and robbery.
He was remanded in custody to appear before a crown court judge next Wednesday (17 January).
A third local man, 57, was arrested on suspicion of assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH). He has been released on bail while the police carry out further inquiries.
We need more kennels, locked up until they behave, 1 strike 30 days 2nd strike 60 days 3rd strike 120 days and keep on doubling up until they get the message or the days run out, doesn”t take many strikes before they find lock up as a life style not by choice but by stupidity. Should be based on minimum facilities, no TV no Media no phone calls on first strike and only 1 phone call per strike thereafter.