Three men accused of shooting dead a nursery teacher celebrating her 24th birthday in Kilburn denied murder at the Old Bailey today.

Sabrina Moss, from Neasden, died in a hail of bullets in Kilburn High Road, at around 4am on August 24 last year.

Miss Moss, who worked at Alice’s Wonderland nursery in Stonebridge and had a four-year-old son, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest in the deadly attack.

Her friend Sabrina Gachette, also 24, and two other men, Mahad Ahmed and Edson Da Silva, were also injured during the suspected gang attack.

The gunmen are said to have been armed with a MAC-10 submachine gun and a shotgun.

Martell Warren, 22, of Napier Road, Kensal Green, Hassan Hussain, 29, of Cranhurst Road, Willesden Green, and Yassin James, 19, of Chaplain Road, Wembley, appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from prison for a plea and case management hearing.

All three pleaded not guilty to the murder of Sabrina Moss, three counts of attempted murder of Sabrina Gachette, Mahad Ahmed and Edson Da Silva, two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm of Mahad Ahmed and Edson Da Silva.

Members of the family of Miss Moss were in court to hear the pleas.

A fourth man, Simon Baptiste, 29, of Rondu Road, Cricklewood, is also charged with conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm but did not appear because the prison van bringing him to court was delayed.

They will all stand trial on June 3 this year. The case is expected to last six weeks.