CCTV shows children running from fatal attack scene

A post-mortem examination found Bhim Kohli died of a neck injury

Jurors have been shown CCTV of two children running away from a park where an 80-year-old man was fatally assaulted.

Bhim Kohli died after he was attacked while walking his dog in Franklin Park, near his home in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, on 1 September last year.

A 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, who cannot be named because of their ages, are on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of killing Mr Kohli.

CCTV footage, played to the court on Wednesday, showed the pair running away from Franklin Park minutes after it is alleged the girl laughed as she filmed the boy attacking Mr Kohli.

Tributes were left in Mr Kohli's memory

Prosecutors said the boy, who denies charges of murder and manslaughter, racially abused Mr Kohli and kicked and punched him during an "intense" attack.

The court heard the boy, who was wearing a balaclava, also slapped Mr Kohli on the face with his shoe as the girl, who denies manslaughter, filmed the attack.

On Wednesday, the jury was talked through the sequence of events leading up to the attack.

CCTV showed Mr Kohli entering the park at 18:18 GMT at its entrance with Bramble Way where he lived.

The defendants, and three other young people, were shown entering the park from the same direction minutes later.

Leicestershire Police's major crimes CCTV manager Laura Stevens-Toon told the court the three other young people were then recorded on camera shortly afterwards leaving the same way without the defendants.

She said the two defendants were then recorded running after them before the group met up again at the end of Bramble Way.

Harpreet Sandhu KC, prosecuting, said the male defendant could be seen pulling his balaclava from his head and bending to put his shoes back on.

Mr Sandhu said the group then walked away together towards Braunstone Park.

He told the court another CCTV camera later recorded audio of them talking and a male voice was heard saying "he whacked his head off a log".

He said a female voice was then heard saying: "Oh, I know. I saw that. It goes 'dhoosh'."

Another female voice is then heard saying: "Oh God. It's getting worse. Is there anything else you need to tell us before it gets worse?"

A female voice is then heard asking "have you got anger issues or something?", the court heard, before a male voice said "I smacked him."

Mr Kohli died the day after the attack, the court heard

Mr Kohli was found in the park after the attack by two of his children "on the ground and in obvious pain".

He died the day after the attack and his cause of death was given as a neck injury causing spinal cord damage.

The court heard Mr Kohli had a number of other injuries, including fractured ribs.

The trial, which is expected to last six to eight weeks, continues.