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 told the trial that Mr Mason would pay Alex for sex, and that more than £2,000 had been paid to him over a three-week period after the teen allegedly threatened to reveal their relationship.The Crown claims that Mr Mason beat Alex to death using a large.
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