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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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