Four men have denied involvement in a violent assault at a Rickmansworth restaurant.

The men were arrested after an incident at the Blue Fire Restaurant, in Money Hill Parade, on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 11, during which two men were seriously injured.

Mehdi Zand, Francesco Zand, and Mohammed Kashefi, all of Tower Hill, Chipperfield, appeared with Hamid Mokaram-Afshari, of Northolt, at St Albans Crown Court yesterday afternoon.

All pleaded not guilty to two charges of wounding with intent to cause GBH and were remanded in custody for trial on Monday, July 6.