Robert Venables KC has entered the witness box again for the third day of questioning in a trial which has seen him accused of paying ‘almost £2m less tax than he should have done’.

Both the prosecution and defence were able to question the tax barrister over the third charge brought by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The third charge stated Venables had ‘dishonestly cheated HMRC of income tax by submitting a self-assessment tax return in which he falsely declared the amount of his income for taxation purposes by not including Citadel Ltd’s profits as income of his own.’

Citadel Ltd was set up by Venables in 2018.