A man from Marsh Baldon is one of five men accused of profiteering from alleged counterfeit cancer and heart drugs in a multi-million-pound scam.

Ian Gillespie, 58, of The Green, Marsh Baldon, pleaded not guilty at Croydon Crown Court on Monday to an alleged plot involving suspected bogus drugs, a plot which has been hailed Europe’s biggest ever scam of its kind.

All five have denied conspiring to defraud between January 2006 and June 2007. The trial is expected to last four months.