Rapper Lady Leshurr has appeared in court after being accused  of attacking her ex-girlfriend and her new partner in London.

Leshurr pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault causing actual bodily harm. 

The court heard that Lady Leshurr - whose real name is Melesha O'Garro - and Sherelle Smith - who appeared in court beside her allegedly punched and bit the two victims.

Prosecutors say that the 34-year-old artist assaulted Sidnee Hussein and Chante Boyea at approximately 5am on Saturday after they left a club in Hackney Wick.

The two women, who are both 27, were taken to hospital but were both quickly discharged, it was reported.

Thames Magistrates' Court was told that Ms Boyea was driving to work along Knotts Green Road, Walthamstow, when the incident happened.

Lady Leshurr, from Kingshurst, Birmingham, will now face a jury trial on two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Smith, Leshurr's friend and accomplice, from Yardley, Birmingham, is charged with the same offence.

Both women pleaded not guilty and were released on bail with conditions banning contact with the complainants.

The next hearing will take place at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 21 November.

Leshurr, 34, rose to fame as a result of her Queen's Speech series of freestyles before appearing on a selection of mainstream media programmes such as starting in the thirteenth series of ITV series Dancing On Ice.