A former employee of M&G, one of the UK's biggest asset managers, is accused of trying to “destroy” a female intern's “credibility and reputation” by uploading photographs of her to a pornographic website after she rejected his romantic advances.

Davide Buccheri, who was a fund manager’s assistant at M&G until August 2017, is accused of harassing former intern Rebecca Baker in 2016 and 2017. Buccheri has pleaded not guilty to the allegations.