10:35 EDT, 1 February 2021
A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murder and possession of a firearm after a schoolboy was killed in a gun and knife attack.
Keon Lincoln, 15, was set upon by a group of youths with weapons in broad daylight on Linwood Road in the Handsworth area of Birmingham on January 21.
On Monday, a 14-year-old boy, from Birmingham, appeared at the city’s magistrates’ court accused of Keon’s murder.
He spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth during a short hearing.
Keon Lincoln, 15, was set upon by a group of youths with weapons in broad daylight on Linwood Road in the Handsworth area of Birmingham on January 21