jail term reduced. Matthew Mason, 20, was convicted for the brutal killing of Alex Rodda in January 2021 following a trial, reports Manchester Evening News.
The schoolboy's barely clothed body was found by bin collectors on a country lane in Cheshire in December 2019. Mason had sought to lure Alex to a secluded wooded area before then using a wooden wrench to repeatedly beat him, with an estimated 15 blows to his head and body.
The teenager denied murdering Alex during a trial held at Cheshire Crown Court claiming it was self-defence and a partial defence of loss of control.
But the jury saw through his lies and convicted him of murder.Judge Steven Everett sentenced Mason to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years for an attack that.