The tent at the back of Forge Close where the jury changed into protective clothing before visiting a scene of crime where chemicals in forensic analysis had been used. 10/2/5AN Old Bailey jury has visited the site in South Newton where Asian millionaire Anil Chohan was allegedly murdered.

The 12 men and women were met at Salisbury railway station and transferred to Forge Close by coach.

Trial judge Mr Justice Stephen Mitchell and the prosecuting and defending teams were also present.

Jury members were split into pairs and asked to wear protective clothing before entering 3 Forge Close.

This is where defendant Kenneth Regan lived with his elderly father, but the property is now empty and secured with padlocks.

After an escorted tour of the bungalow, the jury was also shown around two neighbouring homes that overlook the alleged crime site.

Regan (55) moved to Forge Close in June 2002, following a four-year stint in prison for possession of heroin.

Before his imprisonment, he had lived in Ringwood.

Last November, Richard Horwell QC, prosecuting, told the jury that Mr Chohan (45) was probably murdered in South Newton before his executioners buried his body and later dumped it at sea.

He said mobile phone evidence from the defendants' telephones was consistent with Mr Chohan being held at Forge Close.

He also told the jury that, within days of his disappearance, Regan had replaced the carpet and furniture from the front room of his father's bungalow.

"Something happened to Mr Chohan at Forge Close. The surrounding circumstances, the cell site evidence, and the replacement of carpet and furniture present too much of a coincidence to be unconnected to his disappearance and murder," said Mr Horwell.

Mr Chohan was last seen alive on February 13, 2003, after arranging to meet Regan at Stonehenge.

His body was found floating in the sea near Bournemouth pier in April last year. He had been gagged with packing tape and a urine sample revealed an unusually high level of gammahydroxybutrate, a drug commonly known as GHB, which can be used as a sedative.

Mrs Chohan's body was found in the same area as her husband's in July, while the body of her mother, Charanjit Kaur (51), was found washed up on the Isle of Wight in November 2003.

The bodies of the boys, 18-month-old Ravinder and two-month-old Devinder, have never been found.

Regan, together with former accountant William Horncy (52), of Adeline Road, Bournemouth, and Peter Rees (39), of King's Close, Portsmouth, all deny five charges of murder.

They further deny the false imprisonment of Mr Chohan.

The case continues.