Three teenage girls have admitted killing a 75-year-old man in a vicious street attack that was filmed on a mobile phone.
Fredi Rivero was near a bus stop in Islington, north London, on February 27, when the teenagers got off a bus and surrounded him.
The youths, aged 15, 16 and 17, pushed, shoved, kicked and punched Mr Rivero, with one of them filming the incident on her phone and grabbing his glasses.
As part of the police investigation, officers recovered CCTV footage of the assault in which the oldest girl was seen to punch the victim in the head causing him to fall backwards.
Police were called at 11.25pm to reports of the disturbance and found Mr Rivero unconscious on the pavement with a severe head injury and in cardiac arrest.
The Bolivian national was taken to the Royal London Hospital where he later died.
On Thursday, the girls, who cannot be identified because of their ages, appeared at the Old Bailey before Judge Judy Khan KC.
The girls, who appeared from custody by video link, pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
CCTV pictures show pensioner Fredi Rivero before he was fatally attacked in the Islington area of north London at around 11.35pm on February 27
Mr Rivero was attacked in the Islington area of north London (pictured) at around 11.35pm on February 27
Judge Khan ordered reports and remanded the defendants into custody to be sentenced on September 5.
Previously, police have said Mr Rivero was a ‘much-loved father’ whose family were ‘devastated by his death’.
Mr Rivero’s daughter, ex-wife and cousins attended court for the hearing on Thursday.
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