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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matthew Cooper

Church vigils held in memory of stabbed 12-year-old schoolboy Leo Ross

Leo Ross, 12, died in hospital hours after he was found with a stab wound to the stomach in Hall Green, Birmingham (West Midlands Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Simultaneous vigils of prayer for 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross have taken place at two churches in the Hall Green and Yardley Wood areas of the city.

The two-hour services, held a day after a youth aged 14 was charged with Leo’s murder and six unconnected assaults, saw prayers offered at five-minute intervals for Leo, his family and friends.

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