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Matthew Mason A MURDERER who killed a 15-year-old boy in woodland in Cheshire has been jailed for life. Matthew Mason, of Ollerton, hit Pickmere teenager Alex Rodda 15 times with a spanner before leaving him for dead in Ashley near Altrincham on December 12 2019. The 20-year-old killer was found guilty of murder at Chester Crown Court with earlier this month. Today, Monday, he returned to the court to be sentenced and was handed a life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years. The s...

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A TEENAGER who claimed he killed his 15-year-old lover after paying more than £2,000 to keep their relationship quiet has been found guilty of murder. Matthew Mason, 19, of Ash Lane, Ollerton denied deliberately killing Alex, saying instead he had lost control, despite admitting hitting him with a wrench 15 times in secluded woodland in Ashley on December 12, 2019. The jury didnt believe Masons account and after more than nine hours of deliberation, the foreperson returned a majority 10-...

A TEENAGER who killed a 15-year-old boy in woodland in Cheshire after paying more than £2,000 to keep their relationship quiet has been found guilty of murder. Nineteen-year-old Matthew Mason, of Ollerton, hit Pickmere teen Alex Rodda 15 times with a spanner before leaving him for dead in Ashley near Altrincham on December 12 2019. Judge Steven Everett had asked the jury to consider whether Mason killed the Holmes Chapel Community School pupil in self defence or whether he had lost co...