Tulisa Contostavlos pleads not guilty to drugs charge in court

Tulisa Contostavlos has pleaded not guilty to being concerned with the supply of a Class A drug.

The 25-year-old appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday morning (December 19) alongside her co-defendant Mike Coombs, 35, who also pleaded not guilty to being concerned with the supply of a Class A drug.

District Judge Howard Riddles said that the matter was too serious to be heard at the magistrates’ court and would be committed to Southwark Crown Court on January 9, 2014.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed details of the charge earlier this month.

CPS London Chief Crown Prosecutor Baljit Ubhey said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised the Metropolitan Police Service to charge Tulisa Contostavlos, 25, with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

“This charge relates to an investigation by The Sun newspaper between early March 2013 and 23 May 2013 which resulted in the supply of Class A drugs to an investigative journalist.”

Contostavlos’s legal team has clashed with The Sun newspaper over its role in the incident.