WillWatkinson published Melbourne Avenue pensioner robbery: James Hadley in court on...

A suspect has appeared in court this morning (October 19) charged with the robbery of a 69-year-old woman outside a post office in Chelmsford.On Friday October 16 Gillian Ward, who had just withdrawn money from a post office in Melbourne Avenue, was targeted by a man who stole £300 and a purse from her possession.James Hadley, 30, of no fixed abode, is charged with robbery and the possession of a Stanley knife, and was remanded in custody during the hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates'...