Four men have denied robbery and possessing firearms after a police swoop in a back garden late last year.

Four men were arrested at a block of flats in Tynemouth Road, Mitcham, on Thursday, October 18, after a suspected robbery in Arnold Road, Tooting.

At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Gary Mowatt , 40, of Laura Place, Hackney, denied dangerous driving, possession of a firearm and robbery.

Sylvanus Scott, 39, of Balham Grove, Balham, Kevin Rodgers, 41, of White Hart Lane, Tottenham, and Peter Nunes, 38, of Honeybrook Road, Balham, all denied robbery and possession of a firearm.

A trial has been scheduled at the same court on Monday, March 16.