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 accused of murdering Alex.The prosecution has previously told the murder trial at Chester Crown Court Mr Mason beat Alex to death with the large metal tool in a wooded area near the village of Ashley, Cheshire, on December 13 last year.Mr Mason, then.
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