A man accused of the theft of a £4.8m golden toilet searched for online news articles related to the crime in the days following the heist, a court has heard. The artwork, called America, was taken from from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire in the early hours of 14 September 2019,

Oxford Crown Court heard that Michael Jones had searched for details about the burglary in the days following the raid at Blenheim Palace in 2019.

The court case of three men charged with the 2019 theft has begun in Oxford, and is expected to last four weeks