"A teenage boy who fatally stabbed 12-year-old Leo Ross in an unprovoked attack has been named for the first time as Kian Moulton. Leo was knifed in the stomach as he walked home from school in Yardley Wood on 21 January 2025. The 15-year-old was detained for a minimum of 13 years on Tuesday after he admitted to murder during a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court in January."
"The murderer's name can now be published after a judge lifted the automatic anonymity granted to under-18s in court. Speaking during the sentencing on Tuesday, Mr Justice Choudhury KC said, in his view, the killer should be named because of the public interest in the case. The defendant has pleaded guilty and falls to be sentenced for very serious crimes, including murder the most serious of all, he said."
Kian Moulton, 14 at the time of the killing, fatally stabbed 12-year-old Leo Ross in the stomach as Leo walked home from school in Yardley Wood on 21 January 2025. Moulton admitted murder and was detained for a minimum of 13 years following a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court. The judge lifted the automatic anonymity for under-18s and allowed publication of Moulton's name, citing public interest. Moulton also attempted to drown an 82-year-old woman and attacked two other elderly women days earlier. He admitted counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and possession of a bladed article. Leo's family described him as an amazing, kind, loving boy.
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