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| Teenage girls detained for killing man in Islington street attack | Teenage girls detained for killing man in Islington street attack |
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| Fredi Rivero's daughter told the court his "death was forced upon him" | Fredi Rivero's daughter told the court his "death was forced upon him" |
| Three teenage girls who admitted manslaughter after a 75-year-old man died in a street attack that was filmed on a mobile phone have been detained. | Three teenage girls who admitted manslaughter after a 75-year-old man died in a street attack that was filmed on a mobile phone have been detained. |
| The girls, who were aged 14, 16 and 17 at the time of the attack, pushed, shoved, kicked and punched Fredi Rivero near a bus stop in Islington, north London, on 27 February, with one of them filming the assault on her phone and grabbing his glasses. | |
| Mr Rivero, a Bolivian national, was near a bus stop on Seven Sisters Road when the teenagers got off a bus and surrounded him. | Mr Rivero, a Bolivian national, was near a bus stop on Seven Sisters Road when the teenagers got off a bus and surrounded him. |
| He was found by police officers unconscious on the pavement with a severe head injury and in cardiac arrest. He was taken to the Royal London Hospital where he died the next day. | He was found by police officers unconscious on the pavement with a severe head injury and in cardiac arrest. He was taken to the Royal London Hospital where he died the next day. |
| 'Unprovoked violence' | |
| The youngest girl - now 15 - was given two and a half years' detention; the 16-year-old girl - now 17 - got three and a half years; while the eldest - who is 18 next month - received four years. They cannot be named because of their age. | |
| Mr Rivero's daughter, Carla Rivero, told the Old Bailey in a victim impact statement that it was not his time to die and his "death was forced upon him". She described him as "kind, polite and gentle". | |
| Ms Rivero said her father would "forever live in my heart". | |
| "He was the nicest person you could ever meet, so kind, never bothered anyone," she said. | |
| Ms Rivero said her father would "live forever" in her heart | |
| Louise Oakley, prosecuting, said the Crown's case was that the three girls had carried out "unprovoked violence" in their attack. | Louise Oakley, prosecuting, said the Crown's case was that the three girls had carried out "unprovoked violence" in their attack. |
| CCTV was played to the court, which showed the girls getting off a bus, then during an initial interaction Mr Rivero made a peace sign. They at first walked away but then went back to him. | CCTV was played to the court, which showed the girls getting off a bus, then during an initial interaction Mr Rivero made a peace sign. They at first walked away but then went back to him. |
| Mobile phone footage was also played to the court which showed one of the girls pull his glasses off his face, then one punched him and he fell backwards. | |
| The Met Police said that officers immediately searched the area following the attack, and tracked the girls down to a nearby park where two were arrested. The third girl was arrested at her home. | |
| Once in custody the girls began to blame each other for the attack, the force said. | |
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