Post office raids arrest
Date published: 04 June 2014
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.
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