Manchester Evening News reported. Mason had paid Alex, who lived in Pickmere, near Knutsford, more than £2,000 over a three week period, in an attempt to stop his secret coming out.On December 12, 2019, Mason picked up Alex from outside his house and drove him to a secluded woodland, prosecutor Ian Unsworth QC told jurors.It was there that the popular schoolboy was beaten to death with a large metal wrench, in a vicious attack described by a pathologist as a “violent, repetitive assault with a blunt weapon”.
After murdering his lover, Mason stayed with the body for an hour before leaving heading to a friend’s outhouse to clean himself up.As the verdict was read out, Mason burst into tears in the courtroom.
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