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Teenager, 15, admits random riverside knife murder of 12-year-old schoolboy
['Stephanie Wareham', 'Matthew Cooper', 'Press Association']
Irish News
Flowers placed near the scene in Scribers Lane, Hall GreenA teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross by stabbing him in the stomach during a random attack in parkland.
Leo died after being taken to hospital from a riverside path in Shire Country Park, Hall Green, Birmingham, on January 21 last year.
He denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating in relation to two other people and those charges were ordered to lie on file.
Judge Paul Farrer KC said sentencing would be set for February 10 and would likely last the full day.
He told the defendant: “I can’t sentence you today for a number of reasons.