A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Chester has been charged following an investigation into a report of a robbery in the city.

Michael Jones, of Wordsworth Crescent, Blacon, has been released on conditional bail.

He is due to appear at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, August 9, in answer to a charge of robbery.

The charge relates to an incident in an alleyway next to the Post Office on St John Street on April 3 this year.

A 47-year-old man from Chester sustained a minor facial injury as a result of the incident.