A 33-year-old man has been charged over the armed robbery of a bank on the Central Coast yesterday morning.
It’s alleged he entered the Westpac Bank at Umina Beach and threatened a bank teller with a hammer.
A nearby male customer attempted to intervene and a struggle broke out.
It’s alleged the armed man struck the customer several times with the hammer, before fleeing with an unknown amount of cash.
However, a police officer and a member of the public managed to stop him.
The man’s facing three charges including armed robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He’ll appear before Gosford Local Court today.
