Katie Jarvis, who played Hayley Slater in the BBC soap from 2018 to 2019, got into a dispute with a group of women outside a fish and chip restaurant in Southend-on-Sea in July 2020

Katie Jarvis, who played Hayley Slater in the BBC soap from 2018 to 2019, had previously denied the two offences, which are said to have happened in Southend-on-Sea on July 31 2020

A former EastEnders actor is to stand trial charged with assault and racially aggravated harassment. Katie Jarvis, who played Hayley Slater in the soap from 2018 to 2019, appeared before Basildon Crown Court on Monday.