A 13-year-old boy who murdered a 53-year-old Irish man in north London just before Christmas is to be sentenced today at the Old Bailey.

Christopher "Jack" Barry - originally from Cobh, Co Cork - was stabbed by the teenager as he tried to prevent a group of youths from entering his north London apartment block.

Mr Barry, who worked as a builder, was involved in a row with a group of five boys trying to get into a party at flats in The Broadway in Edmonton Green on the night of December 14.

He tried to stop the youths gaining entrance to the building, but two of them followed him and he was stabbed.

Mr Barry managed to get upstairs to his flat, however he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

Police arrested five boys, aged 13 and 14, at the scene - but four were later released and one was later charged with the murder of Mr Barry.

Last month, the 13 year old - who can't be named for legal reasons - pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of Mr Barry and the judge ordered a pre-sentencing report before remanding him for sentence today.