A TEENAGER has pleaded not guilty to the murders of two sisters who were found stabbed to death in a park after a birthday party.

Danyal Hussein, 19, allegedly stabbed Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, multiple times in the early hours of June 6 last year.

Social worker Ms Henry, from Brent in north-west London, and photographer Ms Smallman, from Harrow in north-west London, had met friends to celebrate Ms Henry's birthday.

Friends and family reported them missing and went out to find them.

Their bodies were found together in Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north-west London, the next day.

Joel Smith, prosecuting, earlier said: "On 5 June Ms Henry had arranged a socially distant outdoor party and picnic to celebrate her birthday with a number of friends and members of her family, one of whom was her sister.

"On 7 June a group of concerned friends returned to the park to search for them.

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"Sunglasses belonging to Ms Henry were found in the long grass and nearby a blood stained knife.

"The bodies of both sisters were lying entwined in a hedgerow."

Hussein, of Guy Barnett Grove, Blackheath, south-east London, was arrested at his home on July 1 and charged with double murder and possessing a knife.

At a hearing at the Old Bailey today attended by members of the sisters' family, Hussein pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Hussein, who is in custody, will go on trial before Mrs Justice Whipple from June 7.

The Old Bailey trial is due to go on for up to three weeks.

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