Teenagers deny Ramarni Crosby murder
The teenager died in December last year from multiple stab wounds
Eight people - all teenagers - who are accused of the murder of Ramarni Crosby in Gloucester will stand trial in June.
The 16 year old was stabbed multiple times on Stratton Road in December last year and died at the scene.
It led to campaigns across the city to tackle violence and knife crime.
Dean Bradley Smith, 19, of Moreland, Gloucester; two 17-year-old boys; three 16-year-old boys and two 15-year-old boys appeared at Bristol Crown Court.
All seven of the younger defendants denied murder, while Smith is to be arraigned at a later date.
Their pleas had to be taken in two batches as not all the defendants could fit in the dock at one time.
Also present in the well of court was 19-year-old Keishaleigh Margrett-Whitter, who is charged with two counts of assisting an offender.
She is accused of helping one of the 17-year-old defendants by providing fresh clothes and a new sim card, and giving a new sim card to one of the 15-year-olds.
Margrett-Whitter denied both counts.
The trial is estimated to take place over five weeks and is scheduled to start on June 15.
Last week, Gloucestershire Police announced it had arrested four women aged 40, 35, 21 and 20 and one 17-year-old boy on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Four of the five suspects, who are all from Gloucester, have been released under investigation, while one has been released on bail.