Police - the incident took place in Greenstead, Colchester (Image: Essex Police)
A WOMAN accused of slashing a parent with a knife outside a pre-school will face a trial.
Solie Essla was charged in connection with the incident on March 22 which took place in Penrice Close, Colchester.
Essla, 19, of Cavendish Gardens, Barking, declined to leave her cell at Norwich Prison for the second time to attend her plea hearing at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday.
The case, which will now go to trial and is expected to last up to four days, was put on the warned list for August 22.
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