Post office raids arrest

A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with a string of robberies - including two terrifying armed raids on Saddleworth sub post offices.

Yan Tingle (35), of Denton is accused of two robberies, attempted robbery and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

In the first raid last November sub-postmistress Mandy Gorey faced two armed robbers — one holding a hand gun, the other an axe — at Greenfield Post Office in Chew Valley Road.

The men sped off on a motorbike.

In March, police launched a massive manhunt after two raiders held sub-postmaster Paul Borg at gunpoint in Diggle. They threatened him with a hand gun, stole cash and again left on a motorcycle, later found abandoned.

Tingle, held in custody, is scheduled to appear at Manchester Crown Court on June 10.