Three men due to go on trial after firearms found

Three men are due to go on trial next year after police found firearms and chemicals at an address at a market town in Buckinghamshire.

The trio have been charged with various offences after a police attended the property in Marlow in March 2024.

Morgan Thackwell, 25, of James Close in the town, is accused of conspiracy to manufacture a weapon/device and possessing a document "useful to terrorism" after police went to his address. Two other men face one charge each.

A judge at a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey in London said a trial would be listed for 20 September next year at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court.

Thackwell is also charged with making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose.

David Hopkins, 51, of Eliot Drive, Marlow, is accused of making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose.

Jason Nickels, 25, of Lower Road, in neighbouring Cookham in Berkshire, is charged with conspiring to manufacture ammunition.

Lawyers representing all three at the Old Bailey indicated the defendants intended to enter not guilty pleas.

All three were released on bail pending further preliminary hearings.

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