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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Leo Ross murder suspect questioned over three other Birmingham assaults

Leo Ross: he is a 12-year-old boy with short light brown hair, photographed at a bowling alley
Leo Ross, 12, was stabbed on his way home from school in Hall Green, Birmingham. Photograph: West Midlands police

A 14-year-old boy being held on suspicion of the murder of 12-year-old Leo Ross has been arrested for three assaults on elderly people in the same area of Birmingham shortly before the killing.

Police said they had been granted more time to question the 14-year-old, who has now been arrested in relation to three assaults in the Hall Green area on 19, 20 and 21 January, with the last one taking place shortly before the stabbing of Leo.

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