A MAN has been charged after an armed robbery in Hampshire.

Police investigating the armed robbery, which saw an employee threatened at gunpoint, have charged a 46-year-old man.

The charge is part of the investigation into the incident at the Co-Op store on the corner of White Dirt Lane and Drift Road in Clanfield on Thursday, May 12 just before 9.50pm.

Anthony John Journet of Botley Drive in Havant has been charged with robbery and having an imitation firearm with an intent to commit an indictable offence.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today.