A FORMER Royal British Legion repatriation family liaison officer has appeared in court charged with fly tipping.

Stephen Radband, of Fox Close, Bampton, denies depositing controlled waste at Elmwood Farm, Black Bourton, between January and June 2012 as a director of SJ Radband Haulage Ltd.

The 48-year-old also denies two other counts of failing to comply with environmental protection legislation during the same period.

His trial is due to be held at Oxford Crown Court on April 27 next year.

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