Fredi Rivero was attacked in Islington, north London on February 27th and died in hospital the following day.

The Bolivian national was near a bus stop on Seven Sisters Road when the three teenage girls got off a bus and surrounded him.

The teens, aged 15, 16 and 17, pushed, shoved, kicked and punched him, with one of them even filming the incident on her mobile phone and grabbing his glasses.

As part of the police investigation, Metropolitan police 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.

He was rushed 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 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Judge Khan ordered reports and remanded the defendants into custody to be sentenced on September 5th.

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.