after three days of hiding, michael learnt via the television news about the shooting of his mother and the riots. he quietly turned himself in to the police the following day, accompanied by solicitor paul boateng. michael was then interviewed at scotland yard in relation to an armed robbery at a jeweller's shop in royston, hertfordshire on 10 september, and later released on police bail. on 26 september, he was charged at waterloo police station with illegal possession of a sawn-off shotgun, for which he subsequently received a three-year suspended sentence. he was never charged with any offence associated with the armed robbery or the riots.