"Leo was heading home from school in Birmingham's Yardley Wood on 21 January 2025 when he was fatally stabbed on a riverside path in Shire Country Park. Members of the public rushed to his aid, but he later died in hospital. Leo, a student at Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy, is believed to be the youngest victim of knife crime in the West Midlands."
"On Thursday, the youth, who was 14 at the time of the killing and is now 15, also admitted two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to previous attacks on separate victims, as well as having a bladed article on the day he killed Leo. 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."
"Subsequent police inquiries established that the knife used to kill Leo was thrown into a nearby river, while the youth responsible, riding a bike, had previously hunted down and attacked several women in local parkland. The teenager pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court (PA Archive) An inquiry by West Midlands Police also found that the killer opted to hang around to talk to officers at the murder scene, falsely claiming he had stumbled across Leo lying fatally injured beside the River Cole."
A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to murdering 12-year-old Leo Ross in a random knife attack as Leo walked home from school on 21 January 2025. Leo was fatally stabbed on a riverside path in Shire Country Park and later died in hospital; he attended Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy and was described by his family as an amazing, kind, loving boy. The defendant, 14 at the time, admitted other violent offences and possession of a bladed article, while some charges were denied and ordered to lie on file. Police found the murder weapon was thrown into a nearby river and established the youth had previously hunted and attacked women in local parkland. The defendant falsely told officers he had stumbled across Leo; the guilty pleas were entered after psychiatric assessment and were heard at Birmingham Crown Court.
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