A 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl have been found guilty of killing an elderly dog walker who was fatally injured in a park yards from his home near Leicester.
The defendants, who cannot be named because of their ages, were convicted of the manslaughter of 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town by a jury at Leicester Crown Court.
Standing in the dock, they appeared upset when the foreman of the jury returned the guilty verdicts.
Mr Justice Turner adjourned sentencing until May 20 for the two teenagers convicted of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli in a park near Leicester.
After the jury reached its unanimous verdicts following six hours and 46 minutes of deliberation, the judge further remanded the 15-year-old boy in custody and granted the 13-year-old female defendant bail.
After telling the jury he wanted further background information on the defendants before passing sentence, the judge told the girl: “I want to make it absolutely crystal clear that the fact that bail is being granted should not be taken as any indication as to the sentence when the time comes.”
Mr Justice Turn, who will consider a media application to lift reporting restrictions on May 19, thanked the jury for their “obvious hard work” on the case.
