Tonight 2017’s Little Boy Blue will air again on ITV. The heartbreaking series dramatising the killing of Rhys Jones has again gripped the nation.
The series tells the story of the 11-year-old and the police investigation into his death, revealing shocking details. Little Boy Blue stars Stephen Graham as Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly, while Sonny Beyga takes the role of Rhys himself.
Here is the heartbreaking truth behind the ITV series. On August 22, 2007, 11-year-old Rhys was walking home from football practice on his own in Liverpool.
The young Everton fan was shot in the back in the car park of the Fir Tree pub in Croxteth. He was an innocent bystander, caught in the middle of a feud between two rival gangs.
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