A mural of 12-year-old Leo Ross has been painted on a wall in Birmingham, near where the schoolboy was fatally stabbed. The wall outside a house on Scribers Lane in Hall Green, near where Leo died, has been transformed by three graffiti artists in tribute to the boy.

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A 14-year-old-boy has been remanded in custody after appearing at Birmingham Magistrates Court charged with the murder of schoolboy Leo Ross. The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, will appear at Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after Leo Ross, 12, was stabbed in Birmingham. West Midlands Police said Leo suffered fatal knife wounds to the stomach on Tuesday afternoon and was found close to Scribers Lane, Hall Green. He died in hospital at 19:30 GMT that evening.

District Judge David Wain remanded the accused boy in custody to appear before a Crown Court judge on Tuesday.