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Bhim Kohli: Boy 'planned to flee city' after fatal park attack | |
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Bhim Kohli died after an attack in Franklin Park in September 2024 | Bhim Kohli died after an attack in Franklin Park in September 2024 |
A boy charged with the murder of an 80-year-old man who died after being attacked in a park told friends he needed to flee "to a different city", a court has heard. | |
Bhim Kohli died the day after being assaulted while walking his dog Rocky in Franklin Park, yards from his home in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, on 1 September last year. | Bhim Kohli died the day after being assaulted while walking his dog Rocky in Franklin Park, yards from his home in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, on 1 September last year. |
A 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, who cannot be named because of their ages, are on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of killing him. | A 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, who cannot be named because of their ages, are on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of killing him. |
On Wednesday, the court head evidence from a teenage friend of the male defendant, who said he and a friend met him the day after the attack in a churchyard, where the defendant appeared "overwhelmed". | |
"He was kind of shaking," the witness said in his police interview, which was played to the jury. | "He was kind of shaking," the witness said in his police interview, which was played to the jury. |
"He told me about it. He said that he was walking with his mates and he saw that man trying to do something to a young girl. | "He told me about it. He said that he was walking with his mates and he saw that man trying to do something to a young girl. |
"When he saw that, he said he got really angry and started battering him." | |
The defendant, then aged 14, told the pair he needed to "leave the area". | The defendant, then aged 14, told the pair he needed to "leave the area". |
The witness said: "I think he was planning to go somewhere far, like a different city." | The witness said: "I think he was planning to go somewhere far, like a different city." |
Both defendants deny the charges against them | Both defendants deny the charges against them |
Another teenage boy, who cannot be named, told the court he had been with the defendant and other friends earlier that day. | Another teenage boy, who cannot be named, told the court he had been with the defendant and other friends earlier that day. |
He said after hearing there were "10 police cars" outside his home, the defendant had said he "put an 80-year-old in intensive care" and "basically killed him". | He said after hearing there were "10 police cars" outside his home, the defendant had said he "put an 80-year-old in intensive care" and "basically killed him". |
The witness said he told the defendant: "You're crazy bro." | The witness said he told the defendant: "You're crazy bro." |
He replied: "I know but it is what it is." | He replied: "I know but it is what it is." |
Bag favour | Bag favour |
The court was told how a further witness, who had seen the defendant on the day of the attack, had taken a bag for him. | The court was told how a further witness, who had seen the defendant on the day of the attack, had taken a bag for him. |
The teenage boy, jurors heard, had been "chilling" with two friends when the defendant approached them, shortly after the incident in Franklin Park. | |
In interview, he told police the defendant said he thought he had "killed a man" and the witness agreed to take a "fake Gucci man bag" belonging to the defendant as he was "the nice one" in the friendship group. | |
He said when he looked the bag, it contained sunglasses, a bottle of vape juice, and a black balaclava with grey stitching. | |
He took it to his home but his family questioned what he was doing and he returned it to the defendant. | He took it to his home but his family questioned what he was doing and he returned it to the defendant. |
The male defendant is accused of both murder and manslaughter, while the female defendant is charged with manslaughter. Both deny the charges. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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