A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy has admitted murdering an Irish man outside his home in north London last year, the BBC reports. 

Christopher John Barry, also known as Jack, was stabbed outside his home in The Broadway, north London after what was described by police as a “verbal altercation” with a group of youths.

The victim was originally from Cobh in County Cork.

The young boy, who can’t be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced in April.

The Daily Telegraph reports that he pleaded guilty to murdering the 53-year-old during a five minute hearing at the Old Bailey today.

He replied “erm … yes” when asked to confirm his name, according to the report, and his plea to the charge was almost inaudible.

His father was with the teenager in court. Relatives of Christopher John Barry also attended.

The row broke out as a group of youths attempted to gain entry to a party at a block of flats in December of last year.

“The victim and this group were not known to each other – what started as a minor verbal altercation has escalated into a shocking act of violence,” Detective Chief Inspector Neale Baldock said at the time.

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