Finbar Sullivan: Three men deny murdering student filmmaker in Primrose Hill brawl
Three men have denied killing a film student during a fight at a popular beauty spot in north London.
Finbar Sullivan, 21, was allegedly kicked, punched and fatally stabbed at the Primrose Hill observation post in the early evening hours of Tuesday, April 7.
On Friday, Ernest Boateng, 25, Alexis Bidace, 25, and Oliuwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, 27, appeared at the Old Bailey for a plea hearing before Judge Mark Dennis KC.
Speaking via video link from Belmarsh and ISIS prisons, the men spoke to confirm their identities and pleaded not guilty to the three charges against them.
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 were alerted to a fight involving young men on the evening of April 7.
Mr Sullivan entered the park at 6.25pm and joined other friends before he was allegedly surrounded by a group of attackers.
Boateng is alleged to have kicked Mr Sullivan, dislocating his legs and causing him to fall to the ground before being stabbed.
Bidace is alleged to have punched and kicked Mr Sullivan along with Ogunyankinnu.
Another unnamed knife-wielding male allegedly stabbed Mr Sullivan in the thigh, causing a “non-survivable” injury.
Bidace, Boateng and Ogunyankinnu, all from Enfield, North London, were detained.
Judge Dennis scheduled a new case management hearing for September 25 ahead of a hearing on April 5 next year.
Mr Sullivan, known as Fin to his friends, was a student at the London Academy of Film.
