LEGAL discussions have taken place ahead of the trial of five men arrested in a raid on an Oxfordshire scrap metal yard.

The men from TR Rogers Metal Recycling, in Nuneham Courtenay, deny attempting to acquire and conceal criminal property.

Terence Rogers, 69, of High Street, Drayton St Leonard; Simon Rogers, 42, of Bromsgrove, Faringdon; Martin Pace, 35, of Abbott Road, Didcot; Ian Marshall, 29, of Evenlode Drive, Berinsfield; and Darren Andrews, 34, of Colwell Road, Berinsfield, deny a total of 31 charges.

Their trial is due to begin at Oxford Crown Court on September 9.