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On 22 August 2007, Rhys Milford Jones, an eleven-year-old English boy, was murdered in Liverpool while walking home from football practice. Sean Mercer, aged 16 at the time of the shooting, went on trial on 2 October 2008, and was found guilty of murder on 16 December. Mercer was sentenced to life imprisonment serving a minimum of 22 years.
May 24, 2020 · Sean Mercer was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in prison, after he shot and killed schoolboy Rhys Jones on August 22, 2007.
Aug 22, 2022 · It took months for police to finally catch Rhys Jones' killer and the gang that helped him to cover up the horrific murder — here's how they did it and what happened to them.
Aug 22, 2023 · Today marks 16 years since Rhys Jones' was shot down as he crossed a pub car park. The person responsible for his murder, Sean Mercer was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in prison.
Aug 22, 2022 · The UK was shocked when 11-year-old Rhys Jones died after a stray bullet fired in a gangland dispute struck the youngster, and then reeled as the despicable crime was covered up.
Nov 15, 2023 · A member of the gang jailed over the murder of schoolboy Rhys Jones died with a cocktail of drugs in his system, an inquest has found.
May 27, 2020 · Little Boy Blue tells the tragic true story of Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old boy who was shot and killed while walking home from football practice in Liverpool in 2007.
Mar 31, 2023 · When 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead in the crossfire between two warring gangs in Liverpool, the community was shocked to the core. The Everton-mad schoolboy was hit by a stray bullet as...
Aug 23, 2022 · Fifteen years after the death of schoolboy Rhys Jones, another child has been killed by gun violence in Liverpool. Eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by 16-year-old Sean Mercer on his way home from...
May 25, 2020 · The tragic death of Rhys Jones is the focus of ITV's Little Boy Blue, telling how the 11-year-old football lover was gunned down as on he walked home from football practise.
