A CONFLICTED voter will entrust the fate of his referendum vote on the roll of a dice.

Andy Roe said "misinformation" on either side of the EU campaign led him to rely purely on chance in the voting booth today, where he will throw a hand-made cube to decide his choice.

The 48-year-old East Oxford resident said: "It's a symbolic decision. I have taken in as much as I can in terms of information. I wanted to come to a decision one way or the other, believe me, I really tried. This is not a cop-out, I have just arrived at a mental impasse.

"The dice idea came into my head when David Cameron said 'we must not roll a dice to decide out children's future'. Everybody will be doing that because of misinformation. Most people will be metaphorically throwing a dice - we don't know what will happen either way."

The father-of-one also goes by the name of Preston Likely, a serial prankster with a history of playing jokes on members of the public.

In 2012 he put up fake small ads in shops around Didcot advertising services including ‘a divorce photographer’ and ‘a pick- pocketing course’, and in 2014 he hid books around the town.

But the art worker insisted he was not "wasting his vote" for another practical joke.

He said: "I like to engage in the democratic process and I don't usually have problems making decisions. There is no manifesto to read where you know what you are voting for - it is all done on hearsay and supposition.

"I feel the benefits of remaining for trade and being in a union for the economy, however I don't like the idea of power being centralised in the EU. I don't know how people can be so rigid in their opinions, you have to explore both sides. I have swung both ways but I can't be persuaded."

He said his wife has made up her mind to remain, but when they vote today the fate of his decision rests in just one roll of his dice.