The toxic mix that led to teenager Alex Rodda s murder
Murderer Matthew Mason killed Alex Rodda, 15, to keep a guilty secret hidden
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Alex Rodda was a thoroughly modern young lad, a gregarious, openly gay schoolboy whose short life ended violently in Cheshire woodland a year ago.
The young man who bludgeoned him to death, Matthew Mason, 19, could hardly have been more different: a young farmer from an affluent, conservative, agricultural background who was ashamed of the growing realisation he might be gay.
For Alex, discovering who he was was an exciting journey of discovery. But at just 15 years old he was naive - and that made him vulnerable, ultimately fatally, to a teenager a few, crucial years his senior.