Another pathetic sentence. These animals killed a man in front off his granddaughter.
CCTV footage showing the moment a man was fatally attacked in front of his granddaughter by two teenagers has been released by his family.
Mr Haque died a week after the assault
Leon Elcock and Hamza Lyzai have been jailed over the manslaughter of 67-year-old Ekram Haque who was struck as he walked home from a mosque last August.
Mr Haque cracked his head as he fell over, suffering irreparable brain damage.
He died a week after the assault in Tooting, south west London.
The family of Mr Haque wanted the CCTV of the attack to be made public. Warning: Readers may find this footage disturbing.
Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "It is unusual for something as graphic as this CCTV to be released but the family wanted it shown.
"They wanted people to see for themselves the violence and futility of the attack on a defenceless old man in front of his young granddaughter and to show the cowardice of the attackers."
Mr Haque's death was the culmination of a series of "happy slapping" incidents which were recorded on mobile phones and showed youths running off and laughing afterwards.
Attackers Leon Elcock and Hamza Lyzai
Elcock, 16, was jailed for four and a half years and Lyzai, 15, for three and a half years.
"As a result of your so-called bit of fun he was deprived of a full and contented life and his family of a devoted, inspiring and beloved father and grandfather," Judge Martin Stephens told Mr Haque's killers.
"The blow or blows launched on this gentleman led directly to his death."
He lifted restrictions on naming the pair as a warning to others "who may be tempted to indulge in such appalling behaviour".
Mr Haque was described as a devoted grandfather
Mr Haque's son Arfan, 35, said outside court: "I thought justice has not been served today. I have been really let down.
"The CPS really need to buck up their ideas because people are getting away with murder. My father died. It's a disgrace."
He had earlier told the court in a statement: "It is tragic that he died in the way he did because he was a very peaceful man."
He said his daughter, who witnessed the attack, had been traumatised by what happened because she had a special relationship with her grandfather.
A third youth, aged 15, who cannot be named, was locked up for six months after admitting, with Elcock, to actual bodily harm against a couple in their 70s.
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CCTV footage showing the moment a man was fatally attacked in front of his granddaughter by two teenagers has been released by his family.
Mr Haque died a week after the assault
Leon Elcock and Hamza Lyzai have been jailed over the manslaughter of 67-year-old Ekram Haque who was struck as he walked home from a mosque last August.
Mr Haque cracked his head as he fell over, suffering irreparable brain damage.
He died a week after the assault in Tooting, south west London.
The family of Mr Haque wanted the CCTV of the attack to be made public. Warning: Readers may find this footage disturbing.
Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "It is unusual for something as graphic as this CCTV to be released but the family wanted it shown.
"They wanted people to see for themselves the violence and futility of the attack on a defenceless old man in front of his young granddaughter and to show the cowardice of the attackers."
Mr Haque's death was the culmination of a series of "happy slapping" incidents which were recorded on mobile phones and showed youths running off and laughing afterwards.
Attackers Leon Elcock and Hamza Lyzai
Elcock, 16, was jailed for four and a half years and Lyzai, 15, for three and a half years.
"As a result of your so-called bit of fun he was deprived of a full and contented life and his family of a devoted, inspiring and beloved father and grandfather," Judge Martin Stephens told Mr Haque's killers.
"The blow or blows launched on this gentleman led directly to his death."
He lifted restrictions on naming the pair as a warning to others "who may be tempted to indulge in such appalling behaviour".
Mr Haque was described as a devoted grandfather
Mr Haque's son Arfan, 35, said outside court: "I thought justice has not been served today. I have been really let down.
"The CPS really need to buck up their ideas because people are getting away with murder. My father died. It's a disgrace."
He had earlier told the court in a statement: "It is tragic that he died in the way he did because he was a very peaceful man."
He said his daughter, who witnessed the attack, had been traumatised by what happened because she had a special relationship with her grandfather.
A third youth, aged 15, who cannot be named, was locked up for six months after admitting, with Elcock, to actual bodily harm against a couple in their 70s.
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