By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
West Midlands Police have charged two men with murder following the boy s death in Rocky Lane, Birmingham. Photo: Google Maps A Woodford Green man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy who was riding pillion on a moped when it crashed. Liam Mooney was critically injured in the collision in Rocky Lane, Birmingham, at around 7.20pm on March 22, and died in hospital the next day. The incident also involved a Volvo car, West Midlands Police said. Dale Sharpen was detained at his address in Vicarage Road, Woodford Green and another man, Paul Biggs, was arrested at his home in Hutton Drive, Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY A more than 30-year-old cold case homicide involving a stormy relationship and shotgun blasts has been solved as a DNA match allowed St. Lucie County sheriff’s investigators to identify the deceased.
Detective Paul Taylor, the agency’s cold case detective, last month closed the 1988 case against Michael Lewis Akins in the death of 25-year-old Rocky Lane Taylor. The detective and the deceased aren’t related.
Investigators at the time had a strong idea Akins was responsible, but the remains, found under a citrus tree, were decomposed and they couldn’t conclusively identify the body. Prosecutors denied a warrant because the medical examiner’s office couldn’t make the identification.
Essex man charged with murder after 16-year-old boy dies in moped crash A man from Essex has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was killed in a crash between a car and moped. Paul Biggs is one of two men to have been charged with murder by police. Liam Mooney was critically injured in the collision in Rocky Lane, Birmingham, at around 7.20pm on March 22. He had been riding pillion on a moped at the time and died from his injuries in hospital the next day. The incident also involved a Volvo car, West Midlands Police have said.