Former Another Level star Dane Bowers is to appear in court on an assault charge.

Dane, 35, has pleaded not guilty to one count of assault by beating against his ex-fiancee Sophia Cahill in Croydon, south London, in January.

He is to appear on conditional bail at Croydon Magistrates’ Court.

Dane Bowers was on Celebrity Big Brother in 2010 (Yui Mok/PA)
Dane Bowers was on Celebrity Big Brother in 2010 (Yui Mok/PA)

Dane, a former Brit School student, became famous in the late-1990s as a member of R&B band Another Level and after the group disbanded he sang a duet, Out Of Your Mind, with Victoria Beckham.

He went on to appear in Celebrity Big Brother in 2010.

Dane has also appeared in the reality-documentary show The Big Reunion on ITV2 where he was part of a band called 5th Story with fellow solo singers Gareth Gates, Kenzie, Kavana and Adam Rickitt.