Pair charged after pensioner pushed over during robbery

September 11, 2012, 2:52 pm

Two men have been charged after an elderly man was pushed over and robbed in Salford.

Cecil Taylor Williams (born 11/11/93) of no fixed abode and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with robbery.

They were due before Salford Magistrates’ Court today, Tuesday 11 September 2012.

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At about 10.30pm on Sunday 17 June 2012, the offenders approached the 76-year-old man outside Tesco at the Ellesmere Shopping Centre in Walkden, and asked him if he was waiting for a taxi.

The victim said he was and the pair then pushed him to the floor and stole his mobile phone from his pocket.

The victim suffered a cut to his hand and shock.