A 17-year-old is alleged to have used a pistol to rob a Ngaruawahia dairy with the help of two younger accomplices.
The youth appeared in Hamilton District Court today charged with aggravated robbery, stealing a car and theft.
Police say he was helped by two 14-year-olds, one who was alleged to have carried a knife into the dairy on Monday evening and stole cash and cigarettes, and another who acted as a lookout. Both had been referred to Youth Aid.
A 63-year-old dairy owner was forced to the ground during the robbery and the three teens fled in a car, mounting a footpath to avoid road spikes, before it crashed.
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