A MAN who is accused of robbing one person and trying to rob a second has been remanded in custody by a judge.

Ashley Brown is said to have first tried to rob a man on Friday, February 8, Swindon Crown Court was told.

He is then alleged to have tried to rob a second person on The Pippin, Calne, on Monday, February 25.

The 23-year-old, of no fixed abode, is also charged with possessing a bladed article in a public place.

Judge Robert Pawson adjourned the case to a date to be fixed and remanded Brown, who was not in court for the hearing, in custody until then.