A Southall woman has denied poisoning her ex-lover and his new fiancée at the Old Bailey.

Lakhuir Singh, 44, is accused of murdering rat-catcher Lakhvinder Cheema in his home in Princes Road, Feltham by lacing his food with a toxic substance in January.

Singh, from Southall, communicated through an interpreter during the short hearing in which she also denied the attempted murder of Mr Cheema's fiancée – 21-year-old Grujeet Kaur.

She was released on conditional bail at the hearing on Friday July 24 and will face trial in January next year.