Court of Appeal rules no sentence change for Bhim killer

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Court of Appeal judge Lady Justice Macur rules that a teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli in a Leicestershire park will not have his sentence for manslaughter changed. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The judge's approach was individualistic, see Guideline 4.30.

00:06The sentences imposed reflected the vagaries of the offender's youth and previous life experiences

00:12and was reduced to one half of that which would have been appropriate to an adult, Guideline 6.46.

00:20The judge's assessment of the offender's racially offensive reference to Mr Coley's ethnicity was nothing but measured.

00:28That he assessed this to increase the sentence by an extra six months does not render the sentence manifestly excessive.

00:37The sentence was a very significant sentence, and necessarily so.

00:43It was entirely warranted by and commensurate with the seriousness of the offence.

00:49It is simply unarguable that the sentence was manifestly excessive or wrong in principle.

00:55We therefore also refuse the application for permission to appeal.

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