Overview
- The three defendants — Ernest Boateng, Alexis Bidace and Oliuwadamilola Ogunyankinnu — appeared by video at the Old Bailey on Friday, June 26 and each entered not guilty pleas to charges of murder, manslaughter and violent disorder.
- Prosecutors say the 21-year-old film student Finbar Sullivan was attacked at the Primrose Hill viewpoint on April 7, allegedly kicked and punched by several people before an unnamed man stabbed him in the thigh with a wound described in court as unsurvivable.
- All three men have been remanded in custody to Belmarsh and Isis prisons while the case moves through pre‑trial steps, with the next procedural hearing due on September 25.
- Sullivan’s family have spoken publicly of their grief and he has been identified as a student at the London Screen Academy who enjoyed making short films and music videos.
- The Old Bailey will hear full evidence at the trial beginning April 5, 2027, which will test the prosecution’s account of a coordinated group assault and determine who inflicted the fatal injury.