A jury found the boy guilty today of punching 40-year-old Arkadiusz Jozwik, who struck his head as he fell to the ground outside a pizza parlor in Harlow, north of London, last August. Jozwik died later in a hospital.
Police initially investigated Jozwik's death as a possible hate crime. The case drew international attention, coming amid a spike in reported attacks on eastern Europeans in the wake of Britain's June 2016 EU membership referendum.
The defendant denied manslaughter and said he hit Jozwik to defend a friend during an altercation. The teen, who can't be identified because of his age, will be sentenced in September.