Carjacking man charged - UK - ITN.co.uk A man has been charged with robbery, two counts of kidnap and possession of a knife after a young mother's car was stolen in Birmingham with two toddlers in the back. Cedric Brown, 44, will appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday to face accusations he dragged the woman from her car then sped away with her two young children still strapped in the back seats. It is alleged he carjacked the Ford Focus in Erdington, Birmingham, on Tuesday morning in an attempt to escape pursuing police officers following a burglary. The two children - a one-year-old boy and his sister, aged two - were unhurt and later reunited with their mother by police officers. Two other men arrested nearby - a 19-year-old from Perry Common and an 18-year-old from Bromford - have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.