Earlier this year jurors found killer Matthew Mason guilty of brutally murdering 15-year-old Alex Rodda. The now 19-year-old had struck up a relationship with Alex online, and soon began sending him explicit images before things turned sexual.
Fearful of being exposed, he paid Alex to keep quiet about their liaisons in the weeks leading up to his death. READ MORE: 'My son was murdered by a man who treated him like a prostitute'...
Alex Rodda's father on cruel trolls, unanswered questions and the kind, considerate boy he has lost Then, on December 12, 2019, Mason, then 18, picked up Alex from outside his house and drove him to a secluded woodland area outside Ashley, near Altrincham.
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