Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A 'ruthless' killer who bludgeoned a 15-year-old boy to death because he feared their illicit sexual relationship would be exposed has had his sentence reduced.
Matthew Mason, 20, was convicted of the murder of Alex Rodda in January following a trial. The schoolboy's partially-clothed body was found by rubbish collectors on a country lane in Ashley, Cheshire, in December 2019. READ MORE: The fateful messages that led to Alex Rodda’s death Mason, of Ash Lane, Ollerton, had lured Alex to a wooded area then used a heavy wrench to repeatedly beat him to the head and body with an estimated 15 blows.