Bedford: Teenager pleads guilty to manslaughter over fatal stabbing
Bedfordshire PoliceA teenager has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder but after man was fatally stabbed.
Ashish Sachdev Nahar, 25, of Kempston, Bedfordshire, died from a stab wound sustained on 29 June in Jubilee Park, Bedford.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, entered his plea at Luton Crown Court on Thursday.
A trial is due to take place before a High Court judge at Huntingdon Crown Court on 4 December.
Judge Michael Simon remanded the youth into custody at Feltham Young Offender Institution.
At the time of Mr Nahar's killing, his mother Anita Nahar described him as a "cheerful joyful young man who had all his life ahead of him".
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