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Teenager sentenced for murder of 12-year-old Leo Ross has been named
Kian Moulton, sentenced to life with a 13-year minimum, carried out a three-day violent spree including attacks on three elderly women before fatally stabbing 12-year-old Leo Ross.
- On Thursday, February 12, BirminghamLive named the teenager as Kian Moulton after Justice Choudhury KC lifted reporting restrictions at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday, February 10.
- Reporters from Birmingham Live, Daily Mail and the BBC applied to name the youth, but Birmingham Children’s Trust’s 24-hour stay was refused as Justice Choudhury KC ruled public interest prevailed.
- On January 21, 2025, Moulton fatally stabbed 12-year-old Leo Ross at Trittiford Mill Park around 3.30pm after a three-day rampage attacking three elderly women, then loitered and discarded the knife.
- Justice Choudhury KC sentenced Kian Moulton to life with a 13-year minimum, held in a young offender institution in London while agencies join a local child safeguarding practice review.
- The court heard about his troubled upbringing and diagnoses including ADHD at seven and oppositional defiance disorder, while psychiatrists reported a severe conduct disorder and little rehabilitation progress.
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Bodycam Footage Shows Kian Moulton After Fatal Stabbing Of 12-Year-Old Leo Ross
West Midlands Police have released body-worn camera footage showing 15-year-old Kian Moulton shortly after he fatally stabbed 12-year-old Leo Ross in Hall Green, Birmingham.The footage captures officers' interactions with Moulton at the scene, providing unprecedented transparency into the moments following the senseless attack, which left the young schoolboy with fatal injuries.In the bodycam footage, Moulton detailed the interaction between him…
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