A 37-YEAR-OLD Ipswich man has been cleared of being involved in a robbery at a Stowmarket Post Office.Kevin Clark, of Vernon Street, Ipswich, was accused of being one of two balaclava-clad men who robbed the Crown Street Sub-Post Office in Stowmarket of £845 in July last year.
A 37-YEAR-OLD Ipswich man has been cleared of being involved in a robbery at a Stowmarket Post Office.
Kevin Clark, of Vernon Street, Ipswich, was accused of being one of two balaclava-clad men who robbed the Crown Street Sub-Post Office in Stowmarket of £845 in July last year.
During the incident Postmistress Jean Benson was ordered to hand over money from the till by 25-year-old Jamie Campbell while Clark was alleged to have pointed a replica handgun at two customers.
Ipswich Crown Court heard that Campbell, of High Road, Great Finborough, had admitted being involved in the robbery and had been jailed for five years.
Clark denied being involved in the robbery and was yesterday found not guilty on the direction of Judge Nicholas Beddard on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence on which a jury could convict him.
Judge Beddard imposed a six month jail sentence on Clark for a bail act offence.
Opening the case to the jury prosecution counsel Samantha Leigh had said that the evidence against Clark was largely circumstantial.
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