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Evening Standard
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Matthew Cooper

Youth accused of killing Leo Ross told his trial will not take place next week

Flowers placed near the scene of the incident in Hall Green, Birmingham (PA) - (PA Wire)

The trial of a teenage boy charged with stabbing to death 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross has been put back until next year after a review hearing in the case.

The 15-year-old youth, who cannot be named because of his age, had been due to face a jury trial at Coventry Crown Court next week accused of murdering Leo, who was stabbed in the stomach on a riverside path in January.

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