Jacob Billington murder: Trial date set for man accused of killing Sheffield Hallam University worker

Zephaniah McLeod, aged 27, is set to stand trial in June next year after killing Jacob Billington, from Sheffield, and injuring seven others.

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Mr Billington, a former Sheffield Hallam student who was working as an intern at the university, was stabbed in his neck in an incident in Birmingham city centre on Sunday, September 6.

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The 23-year-old, originally from Crosby, Merseyside, was on a night out with old school friends, when he was killed.

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His friend and bandmate, Michael Callaghan, who also studied at Sheffield Hallam, was among those injured in the attack.

He remains in hospital, having been transferred to Liverpool where he is undergoing rehabilitation at a specialist neurological hospital.

The trial of McLeod, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, Birmingham, is to be held at Birmingham Crown Court.

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