Allen Karem Chand was shoved into the road where he struck his head, suffering a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain
A man has pleaded guilty to killing an Army veteran in a random attack after he pushed the grandfather to the ground at a bus stop.
A court heard Muntahar Ahmed grabbed Allen Karem Chand’s walking stick before shoving him off the kerb at around 3.30pm on January 14 last year, reports Birmingham Live.
As 82-year-old victim lay in the road at the bus stop on Soho Road, Handsworth, members of the public rushed to his aid. Tragically, he died in hospital five days later having sustained a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain.
It was also heard how Ahmed walked off from the scene, leaving the beloved grandfather in the street.
Officers arrested Ahmed, who had revisited Soho Road, two days after the attack. He was initially charged with wounding which was changed to manslaughter following Mr Chand’s death.
It was established Ahmed and Mr Chand – who had a trolley with him – did not know each other and had made their separate ways to the number 74 bus stop. Within a minute, Ahmed had become violent towards Mr Chand.
Today, Monday, March 9. Ahmed, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court. He will be sentenced at a later date.
In a tribute, Mr Chand’s family said: “Our father was loving, caring, and never deceived anyone. He taught us to respect the law as an ex-army man, and we will always miss him.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jesus said whoever believes in me, though he may die he shall live. Our father is not physically with us but he is alive with Lord Jesus.”
Det Sgt Joanne Potter, from West Midlands Police’s homicide unit, said: “This was an unnecessary act of violence which led to the tragic death of an 82-year-old man.
“They had been at the same bus stop for less than a minute when Ahmed grabbed at Mr Chand’s walking stick and pushed into the road.
“He sustained serious injuries from which he sadly had little chance of surviving. It remains unclear what prompted this attack, but it’s clear this was not an act of self-defence.
“There was no need for Ahmed to do what he did, and it has ultimately cost an elderly man his life.”