A 33-year-old woman and her niece are to face trial by jury accused of harassing two women and witness intimidation.

Caipline Simpson, 33, of Paulton, Bradford on Avon and 19-year-old Tia Marie Robinson are accused of putting the women in fear of violence by harassment last summer.

And Simpson is also charged with wounding one of them with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Simpson and her niece Robinson, of Dove Street, Bristol, denied all the allegations when they appeared before a judge at Swindon Crown Court on Friday.

The pair are alleged to have put two women in fear of violence by harassment between the start of June and Sunday July 20 last year.

They are also charged two counts of with intimidation in the week leading up to Sunday July 20 by using threatening words or gestures to witnesses.

Simpson is accused of wounding with intent on Tuesday June 17 last year to one of the women she is said to have harassed.

Judge Douglas Field adjourned the case to Monday, June 8 when the women are to face trial by jury and released them both on bail on condition they have no contact with witnesses in the case.