A 23-year-old man is to appear in court charged with robbing a taxi driver in Redditch.

The man, who is from Redditch, was originally arrested on February 18 this year by detectives from North Worcestershire CID who were investigating the robbery of a taxi driver in Kinnersley Close in the early hours of Sunday, February 9.

When he answered police bail on Saturday (May 10) he was charged with robbing the taxi driver of £30.

He was released on bail to appear before Redditch Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 27.