Boy’s sentence for killing man, 80, to be reviewed

The sentence given to a 15-year-old boy who racially abused and killed an 80-year-old man in Leicestershire will be reviewed.

Bhim Kohli died in hospital a day after being attacked while walking his dog Rocky at Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, in September.

The boy was sentenced to seven years in custody, while a 13-year-old girl who filmed and encouraged the attack was given a youth rehabilitation order of three years and made subject to a six-month curfew. Both were convicted of manslaughter.

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has referred the case under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

The AGO confirmed it had not asked to review the girl’s sentence.

During the sentencing hearing in June, prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC said Mr Kohli was subjected to a “seven-and-a-half minute period of continuing aggression” at the park.

The boy racially abused Mr Kohli, attacked him and slapped him in the face with a slider shoe, while the girl laughed as she filmed it on her phone.

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