A teenager was killed by another boy who thought he was being racist when he started performing the Gangnam Style dance in a corner shop.
Jordan Brennan, 17, broke into the dance in the shop in front of a 16-year-old who thought his South East Asian ethnicity was being mocked, Metro UK reports.
A tussle followed and Jordan fell back, hitting his head on the metal shutters and then the concrete floor outside a shop in Gorton, Manchester.
His attacker, who cannot be identified, then kicked him in the legs.
Jordan walked home, unaware that he was suffering from bleeding on the brain and was found dead the next day by his mother Kim.
The 16-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter and his not guilty plea to murder was accepted.
College student Jordan was described as a ‘polite, very bubbly, happy-go-lucky type of lad’.
At the time of Jordan’s death, his father Nigel Hatton said: "We’ll always remember his smile and his loveable face. He was always very happy, always smiling. At school he was a very good friend and he always listened to his mates. His two passions were BMXing and fishing.
"We can’t describe the impact it’s had on us. We’ve lost our son at 17, and we didn’t expect to. If someone you love falls in or gets old, then you can start to take stock of things - but we never got a chance. You see this happen in the news to other people, but you don’t expect it to happen to you."
In a statement Jordan’s mother said: "Our son Jordan Brennan was 17 years old and was a well liked young man. He was a loveable rogue and was always polite and keen to help anyone who needed his help, be that physical help or just to listen to a friend.
"He would cheer them up with his usual larking about or joking around. He was a pleasure to have as a son and his loss is devastating. He was greatly loved by all that knew him."
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