OXON: Three men arrested on suspicion of blackmail and conspiracy to kidnap six months ago have been rebailed a third time.

A 49-year-old from the Chipping Norton area, a 48-year-old from Hailey, near Witney, and a 49-year-old from Standlake were arrested on Thursday, October 2.

The offences allegedly took place between September 16 and 23, and they have answered bail in January, March and this month. The Chipping Norton man and Standlake man were both rebailed to June 10 and the Hailey man to June 11.