A man arrested on Friday in connection with a series of armed robberies in Oxford and Wheatley has been charged.

Jon Shirley, 23, has been charged with five counts of robbery and two firearms offences.

Shirley, of no fixed abode, has been charged in connection to incidents in Wheatley, Beckley, a BP Garage in Cherwell Drive, Oxford, and a robbery in Ambleside Drive, Headington.

Jamie Worthington-Hale, 35, of Stockleys Road, Oxford, has been charged with assisting an offender.

The pair are due to appear at Oxford Magistrates court tomorrow.