Four men and a woman appeared before magistrates charged in connection with an armed robbery at a High Street jewellers in Banbury earlier this month.

Leroy Green, 28, Lorna Green, 23, Christian Hibbert, 20, Richard John, 24, and Clinton Hunte, 28, all from Coventry, have all been charged with conspiracy to rob.

Lorna Green and Hibbert were both granted conditional bail and the other three were remanded in custody at the hearing at Coventry Magistrates' Court yesterday. They are all due to appear at the city's crown court next Friday.