Further suspect arrested and charged over knife-point robbery of Mark Cavendish and family

26-year-old Jo Jobson charged with two counts of robbery for his part in break in at Cavendish’s home

Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish at the Giro d'Italia
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A further suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery carried out at the home of Mark Cavendish in 2021.

According to a BBC report, 26-year-old Jo Jobson, of no fixed abode, has been charged with two counts of robbery for his part in the violent incident. Jobson has also been charged with two counts of attempted grievous bodily harm in relation to a separate incident in July 2022.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.