Pair charged over mugging

A WOMAN and a man have been arrested and charged in connection with the mugging of a student, who was held up by a suspect brandishing a screwdriver.

The 22-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were charged following the incident in which University of Edinburgh maths student Alison Hastings was robbed in Montague Street on 20 January.

Both were due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.

The 20-year-old victim was attacked and robbed by a woman just a few hundred yards from St Leonard's police station.