Smiling for the camera, Bradley Tams posed for a photo with his childhood friend that would go on to become his killer. Bradley had been friends with Gavin Train for more than a decade before the unthinkable happened.
The pair were so close that he had even asked Train to be the godfather to his child, Chronicle Live reports. The pair fell out last year and the relationship broke down.
But Bradley's mum Julie Weatherson said Train was someone 'he would have trusted'. READ NEXT: Police want to speak to this man after reports of sex attack on tram She never would have imagined that he would go on to stab her son to death.
Train is now facing life behind bars after pleading guilty to 23-year-old Bradley's murder. Julie has now spoken out about how he betrayed her son. "They were really close friends", she said. "He's someone Brad would have trusted.
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