Man, 19, who groomed and murdered schoolboy jailed for life

Matthew Mason beat Alex Rodda, 15, to death with a wrench after paying him to keep relationship secretA 19-year-old man who groomed and then beat a schoolboy to death in some woods has been jailed for at least 28 years, for what the judge described as a carefully planned, premeditated murder.Matthew Mason, who killed 15-year-old Alex Rodda with a wrench after paying him more than £2,000 in an attempt to stop him revealing their sexual relationship, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday at Chester crown court. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/25/man-19-who-groomed-and-murdered-schoolboy-jailed-for-life #crime #uk_news #england