Alex Rodda murder trial: Binman describes moment he found tragic teen's body on edge of woodland

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direct to your inboxA judge has addressed the jury in the final day of a trial of a young man accused of murdering Alex Rodda.Matthew Mason, 19, is charged with beating the schoolboy to death with a large metal tool in a woodland area near the village of Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year.Mr Mason, then 18, murdered the 15-year-old after they entered into a sexual relationship, the Crown alleges.He paid Alex more than £2,000 over a three-week period after Alex allegedly threatened to

direct to your inboxA teenager accused of murdering a schoolboy told a jury he felt 'ashamed' at the 'pain' he had caused, adding: "The killing... I’ll never forget that."Matthew Mason, 19, is on trial at Chester Crown Court.He admits killing 15-year-old Alex Rodda in woodland in Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year, but denies murder.The jury has heard Mr Mason paid the Holmes Chapel High School pupil more than £2,000 over a three-week period.

direct to your inboxThe young man accused of murdering a schoolboy wept in the witness box as he told a jury: "I still accept my actions caused the death of Alex Rodda."Matthew Mason, 19, also told jurors Alex was still breathing when he left him in the woods after hitting him over the head with a spanner during a scuffle.The teenager said he threw the 15-year-old's phone out of his car having driven away from the scene, but returned 'mainly to move him' after realising he had died.Mr Mason is

direct to your inboxA trial has heard about the moment a police officer smashed a car window and pulled a young man out before he was arrested on suspicion of murdering a Cheshire schoolboy. The evidence came after a jury was told about the 'violent and repetitive' attack - consisting of 'at least 15 separate blows with a blunt-shaped weapon' - said to have been launched on Alex Rodda.

direct to your inboxThe ex-girlfriend of the alleged murderer of Alex Rodda said he 'confessed' to killing him in a prison visit, a jury was told.Matthew Mason, aged 19, is charged with the murder of the schoolboy, whose body was found in woodland near the village of Ashley, in Cheshire, on December 13 last year.A trial at Chester Crown Court has previously heard how Mr Mason, then 18, allegedly murdered the 15-year-old because he ‘didn’t want anyone to know he was gay’.Prosecutors initially

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direct to your inboxAlex Rodda was a gregarious, openly gay schoolboy of 15 whose short life ended violently in Cheshire woodland a year ago.Jurors in a trial which opened this week have been told by prosecutors that he was beaten to death by a young farmer, Matthew Mason.Mr Mason is said to have been fearful of his sexual 'relationship' with Alex - and his sexual orientation - being made public.In the first week of the trial jurors heard shocking details of Alex's death and how events

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direct to your inboxThe mother of a schoolboy found dead in remote woodland told a jury of the moment she looked into the 'soulless' eyes of the young man accused of murdering her son as he stood in her home days earlier.Alex Rodda, 15, was beaten to death with a large metal wrench in Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year, prosecutors have told jurors.Matthew Mason, who was 18 at the time of the incident, denies murdering the teenager.Mr Mason, now 19, killed Alex because he was being

direct to your inboxA teenager accused of murdering a schoolboy he 'paid to have sex with' didn't want anyone to know he was gay 'because he was in the Young Farmers', a jury heard as a police interview with a friend of the deceased was played in court.Matthew Mason, then 18, lured Alex Rodda to a remote woodland near the rural village of Ashley in Cheshire before beating him to death with a metal wrench in December last year, prosecutors allege.Mr Mason, now 19, killed the 15-year-old because

direct to your inboxA teenager lured his schoolboy lover to remote woodland with the promise of sex and bludgeoned him to death with a wrench, a murder trial was told today.Matthew Mason, an apprentice mechanic then aged 18, is said to have paid his 15-year-old victim, Alex Rodda, more than £2,000 over a three-week period following an alleged threat by his victim to reveal their relationship.Alex was said to have revealed he would report his lover to police if the payments stopped.He was warned

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