An Ascot man has pleaded not guilty aside three others in connection to the burglary of a £4.1 million 18-carat gold art toilet from the Oxfordshire birthplace of Winston Churchill. 

Frederick Sines, aka Frederick Doe, 35, from Ascot, Berkshire denied the charge of conspiracy to transfer criminal property during the raid of Blenheim Palace in the early hours of September 14, 2019.

During the hearing at Oxford Crown Court, Bora Guccuk, 40, from west London, also denied one count of conspiracy to transfer criminal property

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

Sheen has also denied a charge of transferring criminal property and a charge of conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

The fully functioning toilet, titled America, was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and housed in the Oxfordshire country house where Sir Winston Churchill was born.

All four defendants are next due to appear in court on February 24 2025.