A 13-year-old boy will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to murdering a 53-year-old man in Edmonton.

Christopher Barry was stabbed during an altercation when a gang of youths tried to get into a party at a block of flats, on The Broadway, Edmonton Green in December last year.

The 13-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey today for the murder.