AN 18-year-old man has denied kidnap and possession of a firearm in Harlow reports the BBC.

Essex Police said it received reports of a gun being discharged in Barn Mead, on 31 July.

Thomas Pasquariello, of Westmill Road in Ware, Hertfordshire, denied kidnap, threatening a person with an offensive weapon, possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and assault by beating.

He is due to face a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court in January