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Teenager Sentenced for Murder of 12-Year-Old Leo Ross Who Was Stabbed in Random Attack
The 15-year-old attacker, who targeted vulnerable victims and admitted multiple assaults, will serve a minimum of 13 years for the random murder of 12-year-old Leo Ross.
- On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty in January will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for murdering 12-year-old Leo Ross.
- Senior officers say Leo Ross, 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy, was stabbed randomly while returning from Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy in Yardley Wood on a riverside path.
- In the days before the murder, the 15-year-old boy admitted carrying a bladed article and linked to assaults, including an attempt to drown an 82-year-old woman.
- Mr Justice Choudhury KC will sentence the defendant in a full-day hearing and allowed identification from 1pm on February 11 to permit a possible appeal.
- A mural and flowers near Scribers Lane mark the community's response, while Leo's family described him as `amazing, kind, loving` and the sentencing hearing drew a packed courtroom.
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