THREE men have been charged over the theft of fish from a private lake in Wantage.

Jack Beldom, Ricky John Taylor and Mickey Smith, all from Slough, are charged with one count of taking fish without a licence and one count of attempting to take or destroy fish (angling in daytime).

They were arrested after the police were called to the area around Lockinge Church at 3pm on Thursday.

They will appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 4.