A teenager has pleaded not guilty to murdering two sisters last summer in a north-west London park.
The bodies of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were found in Fryent Country Park in Wembley on 7 June.
They were stabbed to death after spending the previous evening in the open air as part of a group celebrating Ms Henry’s birthday.
Danyal Hussein, 19, from Greenwich, south-east London, appeared at the Old Bailey to enter his pleas.
The defendant also pleaded not guilty to possession of an offensive weapon – a knife – in Fryent Country Park on 6 June last year
Members of the victims’ family were in court for the short hearing.
Mr Hussein was remanded in custody to appear for trial on 7 June.