A TEEN boy has been found guilty of manslaughter after battering a grandad with a slider shoe as a laughing 12-year-old girl filmed the attack.
Bhim Kohli, 80, was just 30 seconds from home when he was violently beaten in Franklin Park near Leicester in September last year.
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A 13-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy have been found guilty of manslaughter.
Leicester Crown Court heard Bhim was walking his dog on September 1 at around 6.18pm when the horror unfolded.
He was forced to his knees and slapped with the boy’s slider while the girl – then aged 12 – filmed it on her phone and laughed.
Both also hurled racist slurs at Bhim as the schoolgirl “encouraged” her pal to violently attack him.
The teens had entered the park shortly after Bhim with other youngsters before the killing.
When the group saw him, the girl claimed he had tried to hit their friend “with a stick”.
As three of the teens ran away, the girl remained with the boy as he put a balaclava on to “support him in what was about to happen”.
One video played to the court showed the grandad being slapped with a slider shoe by the boy as the girl laughed and moved closer to film the act of “pure violence”.
At one point, Bhim tragically tried to call one of his grandsons in a cry for help but did not get through.
The court heard he also attempted to leave the park but the pair followed him as Bhim desperately tried to defend himself.
The last clip, which was filmed at 6.27pm, showed the dad lying on his side and not moving.
Just 48 seconds later, he had suffered fatal injuries after being subjected to more violence.
His son Virinder found Bhim on the ground in “obvious pain” with injuries to his left side and his neck.
In his dying moments, the grandad told a paramedic he had been attacked by a boy, who punched and kicked him as he was racially abused.
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He also spoke to his daughter Susan Friday, who relived her dad’s last seconds as he lay dying.
She told the court: “Whilst by his side, I knelt down and said, ‘Dad, what has happened?’
“He screamed, ‘My neck. my neck, my neck, lift my neck’.
“This was not his normal tone. He was in agony, almost screaming.
“I have never heard him cry out in pain about anything like that before.”
Allotment-loving Bhim was rushed to hospital but sadly couldn’t be saved and died the following evening.
He had suffered fractured ribs and a spinal cord injury after an “intense attack”.
The teens meanwhile fled the scene and were later heard “bragging” about what they had done.
Chillingly, the boy said “he whacked his head off a log”, before the girl added: “Oh, I know. I saw that. It goes doosh.”
Jurors heard the boy gave different accounts of what happened – claiming he “could not stop kicking” the OAP.
He also said: “I didn’t mean to batter him, it was one hit and then my anger turn in. I regret it man I do.”
The boy searched for Franklin Park on Google the day after the horror and read a news article about Bhim.
He messaged his mum, saying: “Police are looking for me because of Franklin.
” I can’t come back tonight, I will explain when I have a chance. I’m sorry.”
He was arrested the day after the attack at his home, where police officers found him hiding in a bush.
The teen told police Bhim had taken photos of him and stolen his slider – but failed to mention that he’d struck him with it.
He and the girl also “made up an account” that Bhim had pulled a knife out.
After he was charged with murder, the boy wrote a letter to a “professional” about how he’d been dumped by his girlfriend and “needed anger etc releasing”.
When he was told the letter would have to be disclosed to prosecutors as part of the investigation, he replied: “That’s my manslaughter plea gone”.
Both teens have been remanded into custody ahead of sentencing.
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