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Teenager pleads guilty to murder of 12-year-old boy Leo Ross in Birmingham
The 15-year-old admitted to stabbing Leo Ross and multiple assaults, with police describing the attack as random and unprovoked with no link between victim and assailant.
- The 15-year-old entered guilty pleas to murder at Birmingham Crown Court today, admitting to stabbing 12-year-old Leo Ross in the stomach as he walked home.
- Following a delay of over six months for psychiatric assessments, the defendant, 14 at the time of the attack and now 15, pleaded guilty to offences on January 19 and 20, 2025.
- Forensic and CCTV evidence placed the defendant at the scene, linking a knife and blood on clothing to the crime, while West Midlands Police said the knife was discarded in a nearby river.
- Judge Paul Farrer KC set sentencing for February 10 and said, `I can't sentence you today for a number of reasons...` and remanded the defendant into youth detention.
- Leo’s family and school mourned him and called for justice and remembrance; the defendant admitted attacks on three elderly women beyond the 12-year-old victim from Christ Church C of E Secondary Academy.
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