SPEIGHT: TRIO DENY MURDER IN FLAT
Two men and a woman today (Fri) denied battering a man to death in south London.
Anthony John Bates, 36, was found with head injuries at a house in Fentiman Road, Kennington, at 5.30am on February 1.
He was pronounced dead at the scene following the arrival of paramedics.
Mr Bates had been repeatedly punched and kicked.
Gary Speight, 30, Dean Swift, 44, and Corina Lowe, 28, appeared at the Old Bailey by video link before Judge Stephen Kramer QC.
Each entered a not guilty plea to a single charge of murder.
They are due to stand trial on November 7. The case is expected to last three to four weeks.
Speight, of Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster, and Swift and Lowe, of no fixed address, were remanded in custody.
