Teen girls detained over fatal street attack on man, 75

Three teenage girls who admitted manslaughter after a 75-year-old man died in a street attack that was filmed on a mobile phone were 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 Holloway, north London, in February 2025, 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.

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.

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.

Passing sentence at the Old Bailey, Judge Judy Khan KC told the trio: "This was a cruel attack on an elderly man who was completely defenceless and you showed him no mercy."

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