Bhim Kohli: GB News's Jack Carson summarises case that has shocked Britain

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GB News's West Midlands Reporter Jack Carson has summarised the shocking manslaughter of Bhim Kohli, an 80-year-old who was attacked while walking his dog in Leicestershire.He died the next day from his injuries which were caused by an attack by a then 14-year-old boy, now 15, who was been handed a seven-year custodial sentence.The attack was also filmed by a then 12-year-old girl, now 13, who swerved a custodial sentence and was instead put on a three-year rehabilitation programme.She will also serve a six-month curfew.

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00:00It's 6.18pm on the 1st of September and Bim Coley takes his dog Rocky for an evening walk.

00:06He would never return home.

00:08The 80-year-old dad, grandad, brother and uncle would be killed by two teenagers after

00:13they physically and racially attacked him.

00:15Just minutes after Mr Coley is seen on doorbell footage walking into this park, five teenagers

00:20arrive.

00:21Moments later a 15-year-old boy from the group approaches the elderly dog walker, accusing

00:26him of previously hitting another teenager with a stick.

00:29This has never been proven.

00:30As the confrontation gets more aggressive, three of the teenagers run away, leaving a girl

00:35with the male defendants.

00:36At 6.25pm, the 15-year-old boy puts on a balaclava he was carrying in his pocket and begins a tirade

00:43of physical abuse.

00:44The teenagers leave Bim Coley on the floor and are filmed fleeing the scene.

00:48Mr Coley suffered fractures to three of his ribs and a neck injury that caused trauma to

00:52his spinal cord.

00:54He died 24 hours later.

00:56Detective Chief Inspector Mark Zinski from Leicestershire Police describes the investigation.

01:00That boy always intended to cause really serious harm.

01:05We know that the assault, there was multiple assaults, three that we know of.

01:09There was a sustained attack on Mr Coley, a totally unprovoked attack.

01:15The proliferation in the use of phones and social media messages features more and more in inquiries

01:22and certainly with young people who now live their lives via phones.

01:27This girl was obsessed with violence.

01:30She filmed violence.

01:31He encouraged violence and because of her actions and the actions of the boy defendant, violence

01:38unfolded and Mr Coley lost his life.

01:40The six-week trial of the teenagers heard how parts of the attack were filmed by the

01:4513-year-old girl on her phone, including footage of the boy slapping Coley round the

01:49face with his shoe after he collapsed onto his knees.

01:52In a letter read out to jurors, the boy said, I did it and I accept I'm doing time.

01:57I kind of just needed anger releasing.

01:59He claimed he acted out of instinct.

02:01Both teenagers were found guilty of manslaughter.

02:03Speaking after the verdict, Bim Coley's family said they feel lost without him.

02:08Absolutely heartbreaking to see him in pain like that when he's never complained about

02:15being in pain.

02:16He was the one that held us all together.

02:19He was.

02:20And now it's, that's gone now.

02:24It's not, it's not holding us all together.

02:28Today they still grieve the loss of a man devoted to them all.

02:32Jack Carson, GB News, Leicester.

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