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15-Year-Old Jailed and 13-Year-Old Spared Custody in Killing of Bhim Kohli

Mr Justice Turner handed the boy a seven-year youth detention term with the 13-year-old placed on a three-year rehabilitation order, prompting the victim’s family to decry the perceived leniency.

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Overview

  • A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to seven years in a youth detention centre while the 13-year-old girl received a three-year youth rehabilitation order with a six-month curfew.
  • In September, the balaclava-clad boy kicked, punched and racially abused 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Franklin Park as the girl filmed and laughed, leaving him with a broken neck and fractured ribs.
  • Delivering the sentences at Leicester Crown Court, Mr Justice Turner called the assault “cowardly and violent” and stressed that Kohli “did nothing to deserve” the attack.
  • Victim impact statements from daughter Susan Kohli and grandson Simranjit Kohli spoke of enduring grief and condemned the youth sentences as insufficient for the crime’s severity.
  • The case has fuelled local concerns over teenage violence and led Leicestershire Police to overhaul how anti-social behaviour incidents are logged and tagged.