THE former chief of counter fraud at Oxfam appeared at court on Tuesday accused of defrauding the charity out of more than £60,000.

Edward McKenzie-Green, 33, pictured, is said to have taken £62,857.58 while working at the aid organisation’s Cowley office between February and December 2011.

He is also accused of stealing a laptop from Oxfam.

He appeared at City of London Magistrates alongside his father Edward Green, 61, who is accused of laundering £35,571.75 of the proceeds of the fraud.

The case was committed to the Old Bailey on July 25 this year.

McKenzie-Green, of The Leys, Chipping Norton, is charged with fraud by abuse of position and theft by employee.

Green, who lives in Glasgow, is charged with concealing criminal property between February 1 and December 1, 2011.

Both are on unconditional bail.

*Addendum August 2013: This article initially reported that both men were released on conditional bail. Their bail was unconditional.