Robbery, kidnapping charges

A man is facing charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping after forcing a person to drive them somewhere. Police received reports about 6.30pm on Friday of a man who had got into someone’s vehicle and forced them to drive him along Liverpool St in Palmerston North. The victim pulled over a short time later. The man then left the vehicle before entering a house on Manchester St at 7pm. He demanded the occupants’ keys and left in their vehicle. Yesterday a spokesperson for police said a 26-year-old man had been due to appear in the Palmerston North District Court on charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping from Friday’s events.