TWO men have appeared in court following the alleged robbery of a food delivery driver outside a Durham University college.

Police were called to the incident in which two men are said to have broken into the back of a van delivering to Trevelyan College, on Elvet Hill, Durham, and assaulted the driver, on Monday April 11.

The pair were then said to have fled the scene in a car, having allegedly taken the van driver’s belongings.

Defendants Dylan Allan Barnes and William Bogie were arrested the following day and both were charged with robbery.

Appearing at a plea hearing at Durham Crown Court, Barnes, who was on video link from the city’s nearby prison, denied robbery, but admitted theft.

He also admitted making off without payment of £50 from a petrol filling station and taking belongings of the driver, including a bag, wallet, cards, a satellite navigation system, a hat and cash.

Barnes, 41, of Hylton Street, Millfield, Sunderland, also admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance, in a Ford Mondeo, on Elvet Hill, on April 11.

He was remanded to remain in custody.

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None of the charges were put to 44-year-old Mr Bogie, of Capulet Terrace, Hendon, Sunderland, and he was bailed to return for a further hearing in the case, on July 8, by which time the Crown hopes to have considered whether the pleas offered by his co-accused are considered “acceptable”.

A provisional trial date, of October 3, has been set if the case is contested.

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