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Birmingham funeral of fatally stabbed schoolboy Leo Ross takes place

Eleanor Lawson

BBC News, West Midlands

BBC Mourners gather outside a church for the funeral of Leo Ross. A group of men carry Leo's coffin as they walk towards the church. The coffin has been painted with artwork - it is blue and has items, such as games consoles, on the sides. A vicar - a woman with black hair holding a bible to her chest - stands in the middle of a path, with mourners on either side.BBC

Mourners gathered at Christ Church in Yardley Wood on Wednesday morning to say farewell to 12-year-old Leo

The funeral of 12-year-old schoolboy Leo Ross, who was stabbed to death while walking home from school in Birmingham, has taken place.

Mourners gathered at Christ Church in Yardley Wood on Wednesday morning to say their final farewells.

He was carried into the church in a bright blue painted coffin with artwork, including games consoles, decorating the sides.

Leo’s school, Christ Church C of E Secondary Academy in Yardley, closed for the day to allow the school community to pay their respects to the “lovely and bright” pupil.

Family A close-up photo of a boy looking straight at the camera. He has short brown hair and he is wearing a blue hoodie. He is at a ten-pin bowling alley, with lanes and sets of pins visible behind him.Family

Leo Ross was fatally stabbed in the stomach while walking home from school in January

After the funeral, Leo’s coffin was placed inside a horse-drawn carriage to be taken to the crematorium.

In a tribute to Leo, his family described him as an “amazing, kind and loving boy”.

A white horse-drawn carriage, with two white horses pulling it, holds Leo's coffin, which is painted blue with artwork of games consoles on it.

After the funeral service, Leo was taken to the crematorium in a horse-drawn carriage

Leo was fatally stabbed in the stomach while walking home from school near Scribers Lane in Hall Green on 21 January.

A 14-year-old boy is due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 22 April to enter pleas to charges of murder, possessing a bladed article, and four unconnected counts of assault.

Two assault charges relating to police officers were dropped at the end of January.


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