A man has pleaded not guilty to owning or being in charge of two XL bully dogs which killed a woman.Ashley Warren, 40, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday, where he denied two charges relating to the dogs, named in court papers as Beauty and Bear, which killed Esther Martin, 68, in Jaywick, Essex, on February 3 this year.

A man has pleaded not guilty to owning or being in charge of two XL bully dogs which killed a woman.Ashley Warren, 40, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday, where he denied two charges relating to the dogs, named in court papers as Beauty and Bear, which killed Esther Martin, 68, in Jaywick, Essex, on February 3 this year.