The prosecution closed its case on Friday against Kieren Fallon and five other men accused of a race-fixing scam.

After two months of calling witnesses, prosecutor Jonathan Caplan QC said he had finished his case.

Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Forbes sent the jury away until at least next Thursday.

He told the jurors: "We have now reached the stage where there are matters of law which I have to deal with.

"You will not be required at the earliest until Thursday of next week."

Fallon, a six-time champion jockey, and the other defendants are alleged to have plotted to stop 27 horses running on their merits so a betting syndicate could win money when they lost.

Jockeys Fallon, 42, formerly of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, but now of Tipperary, Ireland, Fergal Lynch, 29, of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, and Darren Williams, 29, of Leyburn, North Yorkshire, deny the charges.

Shaun Lynch, 38, of Belfast, Miles Rodgers, 38, of Silkstone, South Yorkshire, and Philip Sherkle, 42, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, also plead not guilty.

Rodgers also denies concealing the proceeds of crime. All the defendants are on bail.

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