Man charged following disorder in city

A man has been charged with a number of offences following an incident in Stoke-on-Trent over the weekend.

Kareem James, 32, from Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with possession of a knife in a public place, affray, using threatening/abusive words or behaviour to cause alarm/harassment and two counts of robbery.

It comes after we were called to the Potteries Centre, Hanley, just before 6am on Sunday (26 November), following reports of disorder.

James is due to appear at North Staffordshire Justice Centre today (28 November).

Anyone with any information which can help us with our investigation is asked to get in touch by calling 101, quoting incident 142 of 26 November, or by messaging us using Live Chat on our website.

If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Tell them what you know, not who you are.