Detectives have charged a 15-year-old boy following an alleged armed robbery that left a St Albans man with serious injuries on January 12.
It is alleged a male and female approached the man who was walking along Barkly Street in St Kilda and made demands for his car keys at about 9.15 pm.
The male offender, allegedly armed with a machete, then assaulted the victim and the offenders ran from the scene empty-handed.
The victim, a 39-year-old St Albans man was taken to hospital where he remains with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police arrested a boy at Southern Cross Railway Station at about 12.30 pm on January 13 and charged him with armed robbery, intentionally causing serious injury, assault with a weapon and possession of a controlled weapon.
He was remanded to appear at a children’s court.
