A BOY aged just 11 has been charged with making knifepoint threats in a Yate cafe.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with threatening two people with a folding pocket knife in a youth cafe in Yate on January 2.

The boy is also charged with robbing another person of an e-scooter on the same day.

He was due to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court yesterday, Wednesday.