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Ruthless killer Zephaniah McLeod has been sentenced for murdering a young man and injuring seven others in a violent stabbing rampage in Birmingham last year. In September 2020, a series of stabbings over the course of a few hours in Birmingham city centre left seven people seriously injured and a young man dead, leaving the city shocked and…
A man charged with the murder and accused of attempted murder has appeared in court today following a stabbing rampage which left one man dead and several critically injured on Sunday. Zephaniah McLeod, aged 27 of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, has appeared before Birmingham Magistrates this morning (September 9) in connection with the stabbings in…
A man has been charged with the murder of Jacob Billington, who was one of eight people stabbed in Birmingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday. Zephaniah McLeod, 27, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, Birmingham, is also accused of the attempted murder of the seven other victims of the knife attacks.
The man who sadly lost his life in yesterday’s stabbings in Birmingham has today been described as ‘the light of our life’ by his family. Jacob Billington was just 23 when he was stabbed in Irving Street as he was out with school friends from Liverpool visiting one of their group who is studying in…
A local Birmingham resident has described Birmingham as becoming increasingly dangerous, after a knifeman’s vicious stabbing spree against random people across the city centre earlier today. Eight people were stabbed by a man between 12.30am and 2.30am on Sunday 6 September in central Birmingham. One of the victims died and two were critically injured.