A MAN arrested in Croydon has admitted killing an autistic man outside a convenience store in Bournemouth.
Lewis Gill, 20, punched Andrew Young, 40, in the head outside a Tesco Metro store in the Charminster area of the town at 3.25pm on November 6.
Mr Young, who had Asperger's Syndrome, was taken to University Hospital Southampton where he later died.
Police said he was involved in an altercation with a man riding a bike before being punched by another man who was wearing a beanie hat.
Gill was arrested in Croydon the weekend after the attack and charged with killing Mr Young.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court last Friday (January 24), where he will be sentenced on February 21.
According to the Bournemouth Echo, Mr Young was a former Bournemouth School pupil who spoke a number of languages, including Arabic, Russian and Ukrainian.
The former Asda worker was once a member of the naval section of the Combined Cadet Force, as well as a member of St Edmund Campion Church.
His mother, Pamela, told the Echo her son was "loving and clever".
