A teenage boy has been charged with a pair of violent late night robberies in Didcot.

The 16-year-old, who is too young to name, is accused of robberies in Cow Lane underpass, on the Ladygrove Estate, on August 3, when an 18-year-old man was threatened with a knife and had his mobile phone stolen, and an attack and theft of a watch from a 27-year-old man on August 21.

He has been released on bail to appear at Oxford Youth Court on November 4.

The charge follows a series of robberies in Didcot in August and September.

Another 16-year-old boy is due to be sentenced at Didcot Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, after pleading guilty to a robbery and theft on September 1 in Newlands Avenue, Didcot.

A third 16-year-old boy remains on bail in relation to a robbery on July 26 at the underpass when a man’s jaw was broken.

Det Con Rachel Carter, leading the investigation, said: “We will not tolerate this type or crime and will continue to pursue every line of inquiry until we bring whoever is responsible to justice.”