Court to review sentencing of teenager who fatally attacked 80-year-old

The sentence given to a teenage boy convicted of killing an 80-year-old man who was filmed being attacked and racially abused while walking his dog is to be reviewed by the court of appeal.

- Kevin Rawlinson

Bhim Kohli called out for help when he was attacked in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, near Leicester, on 1 September last year. He died the next day with a spinal cord injury and fractured ribs.

Last month, Mr Justice Turner sentenced a 15-year-old boy who had punched and kicked Kohli to seven years in custody. A 13-year-old girl who encouraged the attack by filming parts of it while laughing was sentenced to a three-year youth rehabilitation order.

Both children, who cannot be named because of their age, denied their crimes, but were convicted of manslaughter by a jury at Leicester crown court.