A man and woman who lied to police investigating an allegation of attempted murder have been warned they are facing jail.

Lukasz Klimkowicz and Katarzyna Prus both pleaded guilty to charges of perverting the course of justice when they appeared at Swindon Crown Court.

Klimkowicz, 26, and Prus, 23, who each needed a Polish interpreter to understand the proceedings, made false statements to the police on Sunday, July 6, this year.

Tristan Harwood, for Prus, said his client wished to return to her homeland to visit family over Christmas and would not be back until Sunday, January 11.

Judge Tim Mousley QC adjourned the case to Friday, January 16, a week later than he had initially suggested, so pre-sentence reports can be prepared.

He released the pair, who live together on Conigre Square, Trowbridge, on bail until them but warned them they faced jail.

"These offences are so serious they justify a custodial sentence and that is what I will have to consider at the next hearing: be in no doubt that is likely to happen," he said.

A third person, 21-year-old Malgorzata Gilewska, has already pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice when she appeared before a judge in September.

She also admitted she made false statements to Wiltshire police between Sunday, July 6, and Sunday, July 20, this year.

Gilewska, formerly of Ashmead, Trowbridge, but now of Feltham Drive, Frome, was released on bail and will face sentence following the trial of Dawid Majewski.

Majewski, 26, of Ashmead, Trowbridge, has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of Kamil Zlobecki, 23, in Trowbridge town centre in the early hours of July 6.

The defendant, who has been remanded in custody is due to face trial at Bristol Crown Court on Monday, June 29.

It is said an incident took place between 4am and 5am in both Ushers Court and Conigre Square in Trowbridge.