FOUR men appeared in court yesterday charged with conspiracy to steal from a factory.

They were arrested when security guards stopped a lorry leaving the Electrolux factory in Spennymoor, County Durham.

The men, who were bailed by Teesside Crown Court until November, were Jeffrey Charlton, 30, of Allergate, Durham City, Hugh Rowley, 42, of Cuilside Road, Gateshead, Clive Hollingsworth, also 42, of Delavel, Chester-le-Street, and Wayne Butler, 30, of Coniston Road, Ferryhill.