FIVE people accused of involvement in a £160,000 cocaine supply plot appeared for the first time at Liverpool Crown Court.

Alleged to have conspired to supply the drug between October 1 last year and April 15 in Manchester are: Warren Cox, aged 37, of Phaeton Close, Atherton; Andrew Creighton, aged 33, of Guest Street, Leigh; Anne Marie O'Connor, aged 40, of Firs Lane, Leigh; Michael Redfearn, aged 22, of Redstart Close, Lowton; and Eugene Fitzsimmons, aged 52, of Oxford Road, Huyton.

They were remanded yesterday until July 5 when they are expected to enter pleas. Fitzsimmons was granted bail, but the others were remanded in custody.