Overview

• Lady Justice Macur, Mrs Justice Cutts and Mr Justice Murray concluded that the seven-year youth detention term was neither unduly lenient nor manifestly excessive.
• The defendant was convicted in June for the September 2024 Franklin Park attack that left 80-year-old Bhim Kohli dead after being punched, kicked and racially abused.
• Solicitor General Lucy Rigby referred the sentence in July under the unduly lenient scheme but the court declined to alter the term.
• The 13-year-old co-defendant who filmed and encouraged parts of the assault remains on a three-year youth rehabilitation order.
• The ruling finalises the legal challenge and leaves broader questions over juvenile accountability, community safety and police handling of anti-social behaviour.