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ACT: Teens in murder plot had lined car boot, brought shovels

CANBERRA, Nov 19 AAP - Three teenagers conspired to murder a boy by choking him and then hitting him with a baseball bat, police have told a court.

The trio tried to kill the unnamed 17-year-old and planned to dump his bodyoutside Canberra, police told the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Police said the accused had lined a car boot with a curtain and were carrying shovels, ABC Radio reported.

Alexander Raymond Iacuone, 18, Alexander Duffy, 19, and Blake Sewell, 18, are accused of assaulting the 17-year-old in southern Canberra early on Tuesday.

Duffy and Iacuone were refused bail while Sewell did not apply for bail.

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