THREE men have appeared before Winchester Crown Court in connection with an aggravted burglary in Winchester last December.

Richard Chalker, 30, Paul Gibbs, 40 and Anthony Covele, 48, who live in Poole, all pleaded not guilty to the offence on Market Street.

Gibbs and Covele also pleaded not guitly to a further charge of administering a poison contained in a cannister during the burglary.

A trial is expected in June.