The fateful messages that led to Alex Rodda’s death

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direct to your inboxThe 'cold and calculating' teenager who murdered Cheshire schoolboy Alex Rodda will be sentenced by a judge today. Earlier this month, jurors at Chester Crown Court found Matthew Mason, 19, guilty after over nine hours of deliberations.

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They both went to Holmes Chapel High School and were both teenagers from rural Cheshire, but they could hardly have been more different.Matthew Mason’s family was raised in a million pound, six-bed farmhouse, Ash Farm, in Ollerton, near wealthy Knutsford.He got nine GCSEs and was set on an agricultural career.

direct to your inboxThe family of Alex Rodda have paid tribute to their 'wonderful' boy after his killer was convicted of murder. Jurors at Chester Crown Court found Matthew Mason, 19, who had denied the charge, guilty after over nine hours of deliberations.

direct to your inboxA teenager has been found guilty of the murder of schoolboy Alex Rodda.Jurors at Chester Crown Court found Matthew Mason, 19, who had denied the charge, guilty after nine hours and 31 minutes of deliberation by a 10-2 majority.The trial heard Mason, of Ash Farm in Ollerton, Knutsford, had been having underage sex with the 15-year-old in the months leading up to his death, and then killed him to prevent being exposed.Mason had paid Alex, who lived in Pickmere, near Knutsford,

Alex Trebek urged Jeopardy! fans to “open up your hearts” to people suffering during the coronavirus pandemic.The late television star – who sadly died aged 80 in November last year (2020) after a battle with pancreatic cancer – had filmed five unseen episodes before his death, and he shared a poignant message as the first of these was broadcast on Monday (January 4, 2021).In a speech which was originally meant to air over the festive season, he said: “You’ll recall that about a month ago, I

direct to your inboxA jury was told how Alex Rodda's 'life was cut short before it had really begun' as prosecution and defence lawyers delivered their closing speeches in a trial today.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 prosecution alleges.He paid Alex more than