Cheryl’s brother remanded over armed post office raid

CHERYL COLE’S brother appeared in court yesterday charged with robbing a post office.

Andrew Tweedy, 30, faced North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court in North Shields alongside two other men and his girlfriend.

The jobless father of one, who was unshaven, wore a grey T-shirt and olive jacket for the hearing.

Magistrates were told by prosecutor Penny Thompson that the charges related to a raid on a post office in Longbenton, North Tyneside, on Monday, during which two men held up the premises in Hailsham Avenue with a gun and a machete.

Tweedy, who now uses his father’s surname Leighton, is charged with robbery, as are two others. He was remanded in custody. His girlfriend, Emma Stanners, 29, faces a charge of money laundering.