Two teenagers have been sentenced after being convicted of manslaughter over the death of an elderly man in Leicestershire.
A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to seven years in custody, while a girl aged 13 was given a three-year rehabilitation order with a six-month curfew and community service.
The pair, who cannot be named because of their ages, were found guilty of manslaughter in April for the killing of Bhim Kohli, 80, in September last year.
During the attack, which was described during their trial at Leicester crown court as gratuitous, the boy hurled racist abuse at Kohli while punching and kicking him.
The girl, who was 12 at the time, filmed the assault on her phone and could be heard laughing and encouraging the boy to attack Kohli.
Kohli, who suffered a broken neck and three broken ribs, had been on his daily dog walk in a park near his home in Braunstone Town when the pair accosted him.
“Our house feels so empty without him and will never be the same,” his daughter, Susan Kohli, said in a statement after the teenagers were convicted.
“The area we have loved for so many years and called ‘home’ feels so different now and we will never feel safe. Having happened only a minute’s walk of where we live is something we cannot get away from and it is a constant reminder.”
She called her father “a loving dad, grandad, brother, uncle, a retired businessman and a close friend to many”, as well as “an amazing man who loved life”.