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Sickening footage shows the moment a surly teenager killed an 82-year-old Army veteran with a single punch after being told off for causing trouble in a Derby bus station.
Omar Moumeche, who was 16 at the time, violently attacked beloved Dennis Clarke at Derby bus station after he told off his friends for messing about on an escalator.
The 82-year-old pensioner was on his way home from a shopping trip when he suffered a fractured skull as well as a bleed on the brain after being punched by vindictive Moumeche.
He sadly died at Queen’s Medical Centre, in Nottingham, nine days after the assault on May 6, 2021.
Moumeche, now 18, was found guilty of manslaughter in July and was sentenced to two years in youth detention at Derby Crown Court today.
Police have now released shocking footage of the attack showing Mr Clarke being surrounded by the group of teens he had earlier challenged at The Eagle Market.
Moumeche (pictured), now 18, was found guilty of manslaughter in July and was sentenced to two years in youth detention at Derby Crown Court today
The pensioner Dennis Clarke (pictured), 82, suffered a fractured skull as well as a bleed on the brain and died in hospital nine days after the assault on May 6, 2021
The shocking footage showed the former soldier, who served in Singapore in the Sherwood Foresters regiment, being followed to Derby bus station.
There, he was surrounded by the teenagers. He was pushed and then viciously punched to the ground.
After this, Moumeche fled the bus station but was arrested within minutes.
Mr Clarke’s ‘devastating’ death will take his family many years to come to terms with, his nephew Ricky Darvey told the sentencing hearing in a victim impact statement, the Mirror reports.
He said about his beloved uncle: ‘His death has left a hole in the lives of the whole family and we have just been left with a feeling of emptiness.
‘There will forever be an empty chair at Christmas and an empty place on the dancefloor.’
He also told how Mr Clarke loved fishing and dancing, was a committed Christian and ‘doted on his family’.
Detective Inspector Mark Shaw said: ‘Our investigation was assisted by the capture of CCTV footage and many witness accounts, all of which were presented during the trial.
‘The defendant claimed he acted in self-defence, and the jury on the balance and high threshold required refused to accept his version of events.
Omar Moumeche, who was 16 at the time, attacked Dennis Clarke at Derby bus station after he told off his friends for messing about on an escalator (pictured: CCTV captured the teenagers following Mr Clarke into the bus station)
Mr Clarke’s (pictured) ‘devastating’ death will take his family many years to come to terms with, his nephew Ricky Darvey told the sentencing hearing in a victim impact statement
