A man who left an 82-year-old with fatal injuries after shoving him to the ground in a random attack at a Birmingham bus stop has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Muntahar Ahmed, 44, grabbed Allen Karam Chand’s walking stick in the attack on Soho Road in Handsworth on January 14.

He then shoved him over, leaving the elderly man with a fractured skull and significant brain bleed. He was taken to hospital but died the following weekend. Ahmed, of no fixed address, was initially charged with wounding, but this was changed to manslaughter following Chand’s death.

He entered his plea at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday and will be sentenced at a later date.

Police said the men did not know each other and made their separate ways to the number 74 bus stop. But within a minute, Ahmed became violent.

Chand’s family said: “Our father was loving, caring, and never deceived anyone. He taught us to respect the law as an ex-army man, and we will always miss him.”

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Det Sgt Joanne Potter said the “unnecessary act of violence” led to the “tragic death”.

She added: “It remains unclear what prompted this attack, but it’s clear this was not an act of self-defence.

“There was no need for Ahmed to do what he did, and it has ultimately cost an elderly man his life.”