Tony Merrett, 29, of Fir Tree Way, North Bersted, appeared before Worthing Magistrates Court on Monday, June 25, charged with robbery of cash and a watch from a couple and an assault on one of the victims in Gravits Lane, Bognor, two days earlier. He also faces a charge of possessing an offensive weapon, a broken wine bottle, and resisting arrest on the same day in Bognor. Merrett is charged as well with theft of food and wine from a shop in Bognor and assault by beating of a man in the town on June 21. His case has been sent to Chichester Crown Court for trial on September 6. He has been released on conditional bail. A 32-year-old woman who was arrested with Merrett on June 23 on suspicion of robbery has been released on bail until July 2.