Bhim Kohli was seriously injured while walking his dog in Franklin Park in Leicester.A 12-year-old girl has been charged with manslaughter after a grandfather was attacked while walking his dog in a park near his home.Grandfather Bhim Kohli, 80, died in hospital after being seriously injured while in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town in September, Leicestershire Police said. The force said in a statement: “The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with manslaughter and is due to appear at Leicester Youth Court sitting at Leicester Magistrates’ Court today.“A 15-year-old boy has already been charged with the murder of Mr Kohli.”The 15-year-old boy was charged with murder three days after Mr Kohli was injured and is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court later this week.A post-mortem examination previously confirmed he died as a result of a neck injury, pending further tests.Officers had arrested five people – a boy and a girl aged 14 and one boy and two girls aged 12 – on suspicion of murder but had previously said that four had been released with no further action.The father-of-three was remembered as the “joker of the family” by his loved ones as they tried to come to grips with “the most difficult time imaginable”.
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00:00A 12-year-old girl has been charged with the manslaughter of pensioner Ben Coley, who died
00:05after an alleged attack while walking his dog in a park near his home.
00:11The girl, who can't be named for legal reasons, is the second child to be charged following
00:15the death of the 80-year-old grandfather.
00:18A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder three days after the incident, which took
00:23place in Franklin Park, Brunstone Town, near Leicester on September 1st.
00:29Mr Coley died a day later in hospital after being seriously injured in the local park.
00:35A post-mortem examination confirmed he died of the result of a neck injury, pending further
00:41tests.
00:42The 12-year-old girl will appear in youth court charged with manslaughter today, and
00:47the 15-year-old boy charged with murder will appear at Leicester Crown Court later this
00:52week.
00:54The father of three was remembered as the joker of the family by his loved ones as they
00:59tried to come to grips with his passing.
01:02The family said,
01:03Bahim was a loving husband, dad and granddad.
01:06He adored his grandkids with all his heart and loved spending time with them.
01:10He was such a loving, caring person whose life was centred around family.
01:16Our hearts have been completely broken and we are pulling together as a family to try
01:20and support each other through the most difficult time imaginable.