A date has been set for the trial of a group who are alleged to have robbed a man at gunpoint and helped hide the imitation pistol.
The four men and five women all denied being involved in the robbery of Hassan Khan at Bakers Park in Newton Abbot on January 22.
Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, adjourned the case for a trial at Exeter Crown Court in January next year and released all the defendants on bail.
Jamie Jones, Thomas Papworth and Neil Groft denied robbery. James Carpenter and Kayleigh Ineson pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice by helping dispose of an imitation firearm.
Jones, aged 24, of Broadlands Avenue, Newton Abbot; Papworth, aged 19, of Hensford Road, Dawlish; and Groft, aged 29, of Carswells, Kingsteignton, are all accused of robbing a Mr Khan of £170 and possession of an imitiation firearm with intent to rob.
Carpenter, aged 22, of Ash Road, Kingsteignton, and Ineson, aged 23, of St Leonards Road, Kingsteigton, are both accused of perverting the course of justice by disposing of a safe containing the firearm.
The judge adjourned the case against a fifth man, Craig Lee, aged 23, of Liverton, without a plea being taken. He is also facing allegations of helping dispose of evidence.
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