BY IAN CROUCH
Strike force detectives investigating a violent armed robbery on a Stockton hotel three years ago have arrested the alleged driver of the getaway car.
Police say two masked men armed with a firearm and tomahawk entered the Boatrowers Hotel on Fullerton Street at about 11.30pm on June 26, 2019.
It's alleged the pair aged 35 and 26 threatened and assaulted two staff before making their getaway in a stolen Audi with a moderate sum of cash.
The two staff suffered minor injuries and have since recovered.
The car was later found burnt out on Pitt Street.
The two men have since been charged and are before the courts.
A third man, aged 33, who's an inmate at Bathurst Gaol has now been charged with robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon and take and drive conveyance without consent of owner.
It's alleged he was involved in a second armed robbery on the Boatrowers Hotel on December 28 last year.
He's been remanded in custody to face Newcastle Local Court today.
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| Two masked men held up the Boatrowers Hotel in June 2019 |
