POLICE have charged a 16-year-old boy with robbery after a 15-year-old boy had a hat stolen whilst walking along a cycle path between Gilbert Road and Rainbow Road in Chafford Hundred at 7.30pm on Friday December 6.
The 16-year-old, from Chafford Hundred, has been released on conditional bail to appear before Basildon Youth Court on Tuesday December 24.
Police are still keen to trace a man who was walking his dog and is believed to have witnessed the incident.
He is asked to call DC Stallard at Grays Police Station on 101.