Three men have denied murdering filmmaking student Finbar Sullivan during a brawl at a popular beauty spot in north London.
Mr Sullivan, 21, was allegedly kicked, punched and fatally stabbed at the Primrose Hill viewpoint in the early evening on Tuesday 7 April.
Ernest Boateng, 25, Alexis Bidace, 25, and Oliuwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, 27, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday for a plea hearing before Judge Mark Dennis KC.
Speaking by videolink from the Belmarsh and Isis prisons, the men spoke to confirm their identities and enter not guilty pleas to three charges against them.
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All three defendants are charged with the murder and manslaughter of Mr Sullivan and violent disorder in Primrose Hill.
The court previously heard how emergency services had been alerted to a fight involving young males on the evening of 7 April.
Finbar Sullivan was fatally stabbed on Primrose HillPA MediaMr Sullivan had entered the park at 6.25pm and joined other friends before he allegedly became surrounded by a group of attackers.
It is alleged that Boateng kicked Mr Sullivan, taking out his legs and causing him to fall to the ground before he was stabbed.
Bidace is alleged to have punched and kicked Mr Sullivan alongside Ogunyankinnu.
Another unnamed male, armed with a knife, is alleged to have stabbed Mr Sullivan in the thigh, causing an “unsurvivable” injury.
Bidace, Boateng, Ogunyankinnu, all from Enfield, north London, were remanded into custody.
Judge Dennis set a further case management hearing on 25 September ahead of their trial on 5 April 2027.
Finbar Sullivan's parents Leah Seresin and Chris Sullivan join a vigil on Primrose Hill, north London, in memory of the 21-year-old filmmaking studentPAMr Sullivan, known as Fin by his friends, was a student at the London Screen Academy.
In an earlier interview with the Daily Mail, his father Christopher Sullivan said that his son wanted to become a cinematographer like his New Zealand grandfather, Michael Seresin, who shot Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and numerous Alan Parker films.
The filmmaking student had gone to the park to use a new camera he had got for his birthday, his father, 65, said.
“This is the worst tragedy I could ever imagine.
“He’s my only son… I had him when I was 45. He can never be replaced.
“He’d just bought a new camera, we all chipped in for his 21st birthday, and he took it up there to do a bit of filming.”