CCTV footage shows the three teenage girls attacking Fredi Rivero in Seven Sisters Road as he made his way home from the pub

THE daughter of a 75-year-old man who was killed by three teenage girls in Holloway in February has said she is “disappointed and disheartened” with the length of their prison sentences.

Last Friday, a 15-year-old girl and two 17-year-old girls were sentenced to a combined ten years after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Fredi Rivero in Seven Sisters Road on February 27.

But Mr Rivero’s only daughter – who did not wish to be named for fear of repercussions – told the Tribune the sentences do not reflect the severity of their crime.

“The night of the assault, all my dad wanted to do was to go back home,” she said, adding:

“Unfortunately my dad died as a victim, but until the very end he was always so gentle, polite and peaceful and I love him so much more every day.

“I feel really proud of who he was – he lived his entire life by principles of kindness, peace and non-violence. He was friends with everyone. These are the values I will continue to live by in loving memory of my beloved daddy.”

CCTV from the night of the incident showed the girls – who were 14, 16, and 17 years old at the time and cannot be named due to their age – getting off a bus and attacking Mr Rivero, who had just said goodbye to a friend and was on his way home from his local pub, The Hercules.

Mr Rivero can be seen holding up two fingers in a peace sign before they push and punch him, causing him to fall to the ground. He died in hospital the next day.

Footage recovered from one girl’s phone showed that the three had filmed themselves carrying out the attack.

Last Friday, Judge Judy Khan KC sentenced the 15-year-old girl to 2 years and 6 months, one of the 17-year-olds to three years and six months and the eldest 17-year-old to four years.

Addressing the three girls, who were all in care before the attack, Judge Khan added: “You have each been through extremely traumatic events during your childhood and adolescence, including being victims of abuse and exploitation.”

The girls’ ages, immaturity and traumatic backgrounds were all factors that influenced the sentencing.

But Mr Rivero’s family have launched an appeal against the sentence given to the eldest girl, who gave Mr Rivero the “brutal punch” that caused him to fall backwards and hit his head.

His daughter said: “I understand the complexity and the difficulty of their backgrounds, but it doesn’t justify their brutal, violent behaviour. Some lives are a lot harsher than others – clearly theirs are – but it still doesn’t justify them killing someone.”

Mr Rivero is remembered by his family as a gentle man who loved chess, stargazing, calligraphy and the band Queen

During the sentencing, the court heard that the girls had been intoxicated during the assault, with one of them still holding a half-empty bottle of vodka.

Two of the three had previous convictions, and police recovered footage on their phones showing all three girls had been involved in and filmed several other violent incidents, including an attack on a homeless woman in Archway.

“My dad was one more on their list,” Mr Rivero’s daughter said, adding that her father’s death begged questions about the state of the care system and of the legal repercussions for young offenders.

She said: “How can girls their age be out at that time? If they are in care homes, are the systems and structures that are supposed to help them actually not listening to them?

“The judicial system also needs to change, not only to ensure justice for the victims’ families but to make sure they get the right sentences, so youths who commit violent crimes don’t laugh at the justice system and recommit.

“Otherwise, the justice system is failing our youth and is, in my view, part of the problem.”

She also emphasised the loss of Mr Rivero in her family’s and the wider community’s lives.

In a statement to the court his daughter said: “Our family has been left deeply affected and traumatised, we are now experiencing the profound grief and immense pain of losing him.”

She added: “My mum feels scared whenever she sees teenagers in the street and she cries every day. She’s heartbroken.”

Mr Rivero was his daughter’s “most loyal friend” and now her “brightest star”, she said, remembering the gentle man who loved chess, stargazing, calligraphy and the band Queen.