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Updated: Jun 4 2021, 3:34 ET
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THE devastated mum of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death has spoken of her grief at the scene where he died, saying: “I can’t live without him.”
Speaking through tears, grieving Joan Morris revealed her son Dea-John Reid had gone out to play football on Bank Holiday Monday – but never returned home.
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Mum Joan Morris spoke through tears to say she can t live without her son at the scene where he was stabbed to death in Birmingham
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Dea-John Reid, 14, went out to play football but was stabbed to death near a McDonald s in the Kingstanding area of BirminghamCredit: PA
Updated: 11:54, 3 Jun 2021
A 35-YEAR-old man has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was chased and stabbed to death outside a McDonalds.
Dea-John Reid, 14, was killed on College Road in the Kingstanding area of Birmingham at about 7.30pm on Monday.
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Dea-John Reid, 14, was killed on College Road in the Kingstanding area of Birmingham at about 7.30pm on MondayCredit: .
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Michael Shields, from Castle Bromwich, will appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning.
A 38-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy remain in custody for questioning,West Midlands Police said.
Two men, aged 36 and 33, and a 13-year-old boy have been released with no further action, the force added.
06:57 EDT, 3 June 2021
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A 35-year-old man charged with the murder of a teenage boy in Birmingham has been remanded in custody today after appearing before magistrates.
Dea-John Reid, 14, was stabbed to death in a street in Kingstanding on Monday night in an attack which saw six people arrested earlier this week.
Witnesses said they heard a gang of white boys scream we know what you look like n moments before the knife attack.
Detectives revealed last night that they are investigating claims that racist language was used in a precursor incident .
Michael Shields, from Alvis Walk in Castle Bromwich, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning charged with murder.