Man charged over pensioner robbery

A man is set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (July 1) after being charged with robbing a 74-year-old woman in Handsworth.Michael Ossen Edwards, of Antrobus Road in Handsworth, is accused of stealing her handbag in Rookery Road on  14 June.The 39-year-old will also face separate allegations of an attempted robbery at a shop in Rookery Road when it’s alleged he threatened a staff member with a knife, plus a theft in Grove Lane when a purse was snatched from a 34-year-old