The devastating toll Alex Rodda s murder has taken on his parents laid bare in heartbreaking statements read in court - as killer Matthew Mason handed life sentence I don t look to the future as I can t envisage a future without Alex
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Young Man Sentenced to Life for Brutal Murder of Gay 15-Year-Old Boy
Matthew Mason was found guilty of murdering Alex Rodda in 2019. January 25 2021 11:29 AM EST
Manchester Evening News, the judge delivered a scathing rebuke of Mason, calling him a predator who groomed his underaged victim and then murdered him when the boy threatened to expose their relationship.
“You are a selfish individual and thought about nobody but yourself,” Judge Steven Everett said as he handed down the life sentence at the Chester Crown Court on Monday.
Mason, an agricultural student who lived on a farm in Cheshire with his millionaire parents, admitted to killing Rodda with a wrench December 12, 2019, but claimed he was the victim of blackmail. He made a series of payments to the boy totally £2,000 before luring him to a secluded wooded area under the premise of sex the pair were reportedly involved sexually but as Rodda was 15 he could not consent. Once in the woods, Mason repeatedly struc
Farmer s son who murdered a schoolboy after paying him to hide their sexual relationship jailed for life
Matthew Mason, 20, admitted bludgeoning 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death with a wrench in woods in Ashley, Cheshire
25 January 2021 • 1:29pm
Alex Rodda (left) and Matthew Mason (right)
A farmer s son who murdered a schoolboy after paying more than £2,000 to stop him revealing their sexual relationship has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in custody.
Matthew Mason, 20, admitted bludgeoning 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death with a wrench in woods in Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 2019 but denied murder, arguing he experienced a loss of control after being blackmailed by the teenager.