A 35-year-old chef has pleaded not guilty to the murder of model Sally Anne Bowman.

Mark Dixie, who has been in custody since his arrest in June, appeared via video link at the Old Bailey this morning.

Dixie, who is understood to have worked in a number of pubs in Croydon including the Earl of Eldon, pleaded not guilty to killing 19-year-old Sally Anne.

He also denied indecently assaulting a woman and outraging public decency in 2001 in a separate incident. Judge Gerald Gordon Sutton remanded Dixie in custody until a trial on March 12.