A teenager who killed dog walker Bhim Kohli in an East Midlands park will have his sentence reviewed by the Court of Appeal.
The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be identified due to his age, was found guilty of manslaughter last month and was sentenced to seven years.
A 13-year-old girl who filmed and encouraged the attack was given a youth rehabilitation order of three years and made subject to a six-month curfew.
However, the Attorney General’s Office said the detention would be reviewed by the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Bhim Sen Kohli died following assault in Leicester's Franklin ParkPA
A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said: "The Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC MP, was appalled by this violent, cowardly attack on an innocent man.
"She wishes to express her deepest sympathies to Bhim Kohli’s friends and family at this difficult time.
"After undertaking a detailed review of the case, the Solicitor General concluded the sentence of the 15-year-old boy could be referred to the Court of Appeal. The court will determine if the sentence is increased or not.
"It is understood the sentence of the 13-year-old girl will not be referred to the Court of Appeal as the threshold had not been met."
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Kohli, 80, was injured and racially abused just yards from his home in Franklin Park last SeptemberPA/HANDOUTA six-week trial heard that Kohli called out for help while walking his dog Rocky when he was assaulted by the balaclava-clad boy while the girl laughed and filmed parts of the attack on her phone in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, near Leicester on September 1 last year.
Both children denied their part in the grandfather’s death but were convicted of manslaughter by a jury at the same court in April, while the boy was cleared of Kohli’s murder.
Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC told the sentencing hearing that there was "deliberate humiliation" of Kohli during the attack that came against a backdrop of "bullying and antagonising" of the pensioner by other local youths that the boy must have been aware of.
Kohli’s children found him lying on the ground in agony when he told his daughter that he had been subject to racist insults during the attack.
Police officers at the scene in Franklin Park, Leicestershire
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MAPPED: Franklin Park in Braunstone Town - where Bhim Kohli was killedGOOGLEHis daughter, Susan Kohli, paid heartfelt tribute to her father, saying he was "the most crazy, loving person you could meet."
She said: "He just got on with life and was full of life. He was a complete joker, he would do anything and everything for his family. He would always put the children and his family first. He was a family man through and through. Even his friends adored him, the community adored him.
"You would walk through the park and everyone would just talk to him. they would just stand and chat to him. He’d be in the park for an hour and the dog would be sitting at the front door because he came home. He was much loved by everyone.
"People who hadn’t seen him for 30 or 40 years reached out when it happened and that just showed how much people loved my dad even though they didn’t see him for so long."
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