The family of an Egyptian student who died after being assaulted by a group of teenagers in Britain was not told about a court hearing in which three women pleaded guilty to affray over the attack.
Mariam Moustafa, 18, who moved to the UK from Italy six years ago, fell into a coma after being attacked in Nottingham last February, before dying of a stroke.
Ms Moustafa was punched and kicked by the youths near a bus stop in Upper Parliament Street on February 20, 2018.
The engineering student suffered a stroke 10 hours after the attack and died on March 14, 2018.
The attack caused anger in Egypt and the country's embassy called on those responsible to be "brought to justice swiftly".
At Nottingham Crown Court in April, Mariah Fraser, 19, Britania Hunter, 18, and a 16-year-old girl admitted to their part in the attack but the victim's family was unaware of the court appearance.
"We should have been informed of that hearing date and time and we should have been given the opportunity to attend," said Mohamed Moustafa, Mariam's father.
"This very simple right was taken from us. I'm very upset. Nobody respects me and my family."
A spokesman for the British Crown Prosecution Service said: “We have worked closely with the police to make sure Mr Moustafa has been kept updated throughout this process and are deeply sorry this didn't happen on this particular occasion. We have contacted him to offer a full explanation.
"We were preparing for trial in this case. Two of the three guilty pleas were unexpected and we informed the family immediately.
"We have also met Mr Moustafa to explain the charge of affray. The CPS can only charge if the evidential stage of our tests for prosecution are met. Our thoughts remain with her family.”
Three other young women, aged 18, 17 and 16, pleaded guilty to affray at Nottingham Youth Court last year.
The six teenagers will be sentenced on a date to be confirmed.
