Five men have been charged in connection with the assault of a gay couple in Mattapan last month, the Boston Police Department said Wednesday.

All five men pleaded not guilty to various assault and battery charges, according to court records. The case was investigated by detectives in the department’s Civil Rights Unit, though no civil rights charges are being pursued at this time, the police department said in a statement .

Woopenson Morrisset, 30, of Boston; Maurice Payne, 37, of Brockton; and Patrick Fanfan, 53, of Hyde Park, were each charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, the statement said.

Franklin Francois, 51, of Randolph, and Gardy Exantus, 33, of Mattapan, were each charged with assault and battery with a dangerous wea

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