A woman charged with assault in Magistrates’ Court has been remanded into custody.

Carina Dornelas, 45, denied causing Heather Funk actual bodily harm and threatening to kill her when she appeared in court today.

Ms Dornelas, from Southampton, allegedly committed the offences on Sunday.

Senior magistrate Maxanne Anderson adjourned the case to December 30 and remanded Ms Dornelas into custody until that time.

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