Cliff Notes
- An 80-year-old man, Bhim Kohli, died from a spinal cord injury after being attacked by two youths, aged 12 and 14, during a dog walk in Leicester.
- The teenagers were convicted of manslaughter, having inflicted severe injuries that left Mr Kohli humiliated and fatally injured; video evidence of the assault was found on the girl’s phone.
- The victim’s family expressed their disgust towards the attackers, emphasising the emotional toll and trauma caused by the incident, which included racial abuse against Mr Kohli.
Bhim Kohli: Girl, 13, and boy, 15, found guilty of manslaughter of 80-year-old dog walker | UK News
The family of an 80-year-old man have told of their “disgust” at the children who “humiliated” and killed him after a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy were convicted of manslaughter.
Bhim Kohli was found lying on the ground in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, near Leicester, on 1 September last year and died the next evening of a spinal cord injury.
The grandfather, who was attacked just yards from his home as he walked his dog, suffered a broken neck and rib fractures consistent with “something heavy striking the rib cage”, the trial heard.