Ex-glamour model Jodie Marsh denies assault and faces trial next year

By Sam Russell, Press Association

Former glamour model Jodie Marsh has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man and will stand trial next year.

The media personality, wearing a black leather jacket, appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Marsh, 47, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Christopher Hynes by beating him on January 16th of this year.

She also pleaded not guilty to two counts of using threatening words or behaviour on the same date in Dunmow, Essex, one in respect of Mr Hynes and one in respect of Susan Hammond.

She earlier spoke to confirm her name and date of birth, and her address was given to the court as her solicitor’s office in London.

Deputy district judge Rhys Rosser released her on unconditional bail until her trial at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on May 7, 2027.

Ms Marsh said “thank you” to the judge at the end of the hearing.

Last year a judge ruled that Ms Marsh could keep lemurs at her animal sanctuary in Lindsell, nine miles north west of Braintree.

Uttlesford District Council had previously rejected Ms Marsh’s application for a wild animal licence after complaints, but Ms Marsh told a court hearing that online trolls were behind much of the criticism of her sanctuary.

The judge who heard Ms Marsh’s appeal against the refusal of the licence, which he directed should be granted with conditions, said Ms Marsh “genuinely cares” for the animals at her sanctuary.

But he said it was “evident” that there was “considerable animosity between Ms Marsh and the members of the local community”.

An Essex Police spokesman said officers were called to an address in Lindsell at about 12.40pm on Friday, January 16.

There were “reports of a woman behaving aggressively towards a man and assaulting him” and it was “further reported that verbal threats were made”, the force said.