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Bedford: Teenager pleads guilty to manslaughter over fatal stabbing

Bedfordshire Police Ashish Sachdev NaharBedfordshire Police
Ashish Sachdev Nahar's mother said he was "deeply loved and will forever be missed terribly"

A 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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