Three men deny charges over theft of gold toilet from Blenheim Palace

The fully functioning toilet, titled America, was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and housed in the Oxfordshire country house where Winston Churchill was born (Blenheim Palace/PA)

Four men charged over the theft of a £4.8 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace have appeared in court.

James Sheen, 39, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and Michael Jones, 38, from Oxford, pleaded not guilty to burgling the 18-carat art installation in an overnight raid in the early hours of September 14 2019.