Aaron James Cant is accused of holding up a service station attendee with a ‘shotgun’

A 32-year-old accused of pointing what was considered to be a ‘shotgun’ at a service station attendant during an alleged armed robbery has again fronted court.

A 32-year-old man charged with the armed robbery of a Toowoomba service station has had his case adjourned in the city’s magistrates court.

Aaron James Cant has been remanded in custody since his arrested and was not required to be in court for the brief mention of his matters on Monday.

Police claim the 32-year-old walked into Metro Petroleum on James Street at 4.23am on Tuesday, April 12, and asked the cashier for a packet of smokes.

SHOTGUN ROBBERY: Police allege Aaron James Cant robbed the Metro Petroleum service station on Tuesday April 12.

While the cashier was retrieving the cigarettes, Cant allegedly pulled out what appeared to be a shotgun and allegedly demanded money and smokes.

The cashier complied and Cant allegedly fled on foot with what police at the time described as a “significant” amount of cash.

The cashier was reportedly shaken up but otherwise not physically harmed.

Cant has not as yet been required to enter any pleas to the charges which include enter premises with intent, stealing, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, using vehicle for which number plate attached recorded as cancelled, lost or stolen, stealing and unrelated matters of five counts of fraud and receiving tainted property.

His solicitor Ryan McCullough, of MacDonald Law, told the court the matter had been going through case conferencing and asked for a four week adjourned to finalise matters.

Magistrate Kyna Morice remanded Cant in custody and adjourned his case for committal mention back in the same court on November 21.