A MAN facing a fraud trial is no longer working for a taxpayer-funded business group.

Rob Arnold, 49, is not working for the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP), it said yesterday.

Mr Arnold, of Wilnecote, Staffordshire, had been employed as a programme executive from September.

A page about him – that remained on the OxLEP website yesterday – stated Mr Arnold had ‘spent many years in banking and financial services.

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He faces a trial over two counts of fraud by abuse of position and another for fraud by false representation.

A pre-trial review of Mr Arnold’s case was heard at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, ahead of a trial from March 11.

An OxLEP spokesman said: “We can confirm that as of February 14, Mr Arnold was no longer employed by the company. The allegations currently before the courts pre-date his involvement with us and we do not propose to comment on this matter further.”