Overview
- The 15-year-old, who cannot be identified, appeared by videolink from a young offender institution for a 20-minute hearing before Judge Andrew Smith KC and was remanded in custody.
- A trial before a High Court judge is proposed to begin on February 9 following legal submissions from prosecution KC Rachel Brand and defence barrister Morgan Pirone.
- No pleas were entered during the hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.
- Charges include murder, three counts of assault, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm and unlawful possession of a knife.
- Leo Ross, 12, died after being stabbed in the stomach on January 21 on a riverside path in Trittiford Mill Park in Hall Green.