A 12-year-old girl has been charged with manslaughter following the death of pensioner Bhim Kohli, who died in hospital after being injured in a park in Braunstone Town in September, Leicestershire Police said.
The force added that the girl will appear at Leicester Youth Court on Monday.
It said in a statement: “The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with manslaughter and is due to appear at Leicester Youth Court sitting at Leicester Magistrates’ Court today.
“A 15-year-old boy has already been charged with the murder of Mr Kohli.”
Mr Kohli died at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham on the evening of September 2.
This was a day after he was seriously injured in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, Leicester, while walking his dog.
The 15-year-old boy was charged with murder three days after Mr Kohli was injured and is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court later this week.
A hearing had to be adjourned on October 11, , after the boy appeared in the dock flanked by guards.
He spoke only to confirm his identity.
Prosecutor Andrew Peet told the court the but asked for the plea hearing to be delayed.
Judge Timothy Spencer KC agreed. He told the boy: “Ordinarily you would have been asked to indicate whether you wished to plead guilty or not guilty to a charge of murder today.
“That has not happened. That will happen on the 22nd of November before me. And you will face trial on the 17th of February of next year – that’s the first available date for a trial of the sort of length of time this will require.”
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