Men from Windsor and Datchet charged with robberies at banks

Detectives have charged three men from Windsor and Datchet with 41 offences including robberies at banks.

They are Stewart Last, 28, formally of Filmer Road, Windsor, Richard Loveridge, 27, from Ditton Road, Datchet and Lee Fitzgerald, 37, from Perrycroft Road, Windsor.

Also charged is Andrew Smith, 27, formally from Broadwater Close, in Staines, Surrey.

They have been charged with a 41 offences by Hampshire's Major Investigation Team including conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit burglary.

They are in connection with a series of offences across Hampshire, Thames Valley, Wiltshire and Surrey.

The incidents are said to have occurred between August 4, 2011 and February 8, 2012.

They include robberies from cash couriers at the Nationwide bank in Havant on November 25, 2011, Nationwide in Fareham on December 13, 2011 and Santander in Farnborough on January 9, 2012.

All the four suspects will appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing.