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Three of the men accused of the murder of Samuel Curle, found gravely injured on a highway near Helensville last year, have pleaded not guilty to the charge at their first High Court appearance.
Five men have been charged with murder in connection with the death of Curle.
The 36-year-oldwas found on the Kaipara Coast Highway near Helensville in the middle of the night on November 6.
The three men who appeared in the High Court on Wednesday before Justice Matthew Downs were arrested this month, after two arrests last year.
Two of the trio appeared in the dock while the third, a teenager, appeared via video link.
On Friday, February 2, detectives from the Waitematā CIB arrested three more men in connection with the killing.
Samuel Curle, 36, was found on Auckland's Kaipara Coast Highway in the middle of the night on November 6. He died 20 days later.
Police said a man in his 60s was found at a property in Massey and arrested alongside a 17-year-old, who is also charged with murder and was set to appear in the Waitākere District Court that day.
Meanwhile, detectives travelled to Christchurch to arrest the third man, aged 31.
