A teenaged girl who was captured on camera severely assaulting an elderly Sikh man in August this year has pleaded guilty in a British court.
Coral Millerchip, 19, pleaded guilty at the Warwick Crown Court to assaulting the 80-year-old Sikh pensioner, causing him actual bodily harm, the Coventry Observer reported Thursday.
The incident captured on a mobile phone showed the pony-tailed girl, accompanied by three young males, kicking and knocking down the 80-year-old Sikh on Trinity Street in Coventry city centre around 8.30 pm on August 10.
According to an earlier report, the incident was also captured on a closed circuit television (CCTV) footageThe victim, who suffered a cut nose and swelling, hails from the Canley neighbourhood of the city.
Millerchip also spat on the victim and verbally abused him.
{{/usCountry}}Millerchip also spat on the victim and verbally abused him.
{{/usCountry}}The shocking clip sparked outrage on social networking sites.
Millerchip's lawyer David Murray told the court that she had entered her plea on a basis which was acceptable to the prosecution.
"This is a matter which was partially captured on a mobile phone and which was downloaded onto YouTube and received publicity nationally," Murray was quoted as saying.
Murray said he had an issue with the prosecution's plea in relation to a part of the incident which had not been recorded, observing that the accounts of three witnesses differed.
Millerchip also pleaded guilty to receiving a shoulder bag, purse and laptop computer taken in a burglary on July 9 in Coventry.
Murray said he would not ask for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on Millerchip in relation to the assault.
The girl has not applied for bail and was remanded in custody.