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07:42 Tue 16 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link]
A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones who was shot in a Liverpool pub car park.
Sean Mercer, 18, of Croxteth, was convicted of the murder after a nine-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
Mercer was 16 when he shot Rhys outside the Fir Tree pub in August 2007 as the schoolboy walked back to his home from football practice.
The court heard Rhys died in the arms of his mother, Melanie, after being shot in the neck.
Mercer, of Good Shepherd Close, was convicted by the jury after almost four days of deliberations.
Fellow gang members James Yates, 20, of Dodman Road and Nathan Quinn, 18, of Wickett Close, both Croxteth; Gary Kays, 26, of Mallard Close and Melvin Coy, 25, of Abbeyfield Drive, both West Derby, Liverpool, and Boy M, 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted unanimously of assisting an offender after they helped Mercer evade the police for months.
Defendant Boy K, who can now be named as Dean Kelly, 17, of Sword Walk, Croxteth, after judge Mr Justice Irwin lifted reporting restrictions, was also convicted of four related charges.
The judge also lifted an order banning reporting the fact that Quinn is already serving five years for gun-related offenses.
All of the verdicts apart from Kelly's were reached on Monday but could not be reported until now.
Sean Mercer, 18, of Croxteth, was convicted of the murder after a nine-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
Mercer was 16 when he shot Rhys outside the Fir Tree pub in August 2007 as the schoolboy walked back to his home from football practice.
The court heard Rhys died in the arms of his mother, Melanie, after being shot in the neck.
Mercer, of Good Shepherd Close, was convicted by the jury after almost four days of deliberations.
Fellow gang members James Yates, 20, of Dodman Road and Nathan Quinn, 18, of Wickett Close, both Croxteth; Gary Kays, 26, of Mallard Close and Melvin Coy, 25, of Abbeyfield Drive, both West Derby, Liverpool, and Boy M, 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted unanimously of assisting an offender after they helped Mercer evade the police for months.
Defendant Boy K, who can now be named as Dean Kelly, 17, of Sword Walk, Croxteth, after judge Mr Justice Irwin lifted reporting restrictions, was also convicted of four related charges.
The judge also lifted an order banning reporting the fact that Quinn is already serving five years for gun-related offenses.
All of the verdicts apart from Kelly's were reached on Monday but could not be reported until now.
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07:43 Tue 16 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link]
As Mercer's guilty verdict was announced to the silent courtroom, Melanie Jones burst into tears.
Mercer, Kays and Coy will be sentenced later.
During the seven-week trial, the court heard how Mercer was a leading member of the Croxteth Crew gang, which terrorised the local community and was involved in a long-running and bloody feud with the Strand Gang, based on the neighbouring Norris Green estate.
The jury was also told he had an "intense hatred" of Strand Gang member Wayne Brady.
Mercer went to shoot Brady, 19, when he was told by Coy and Kays that he had been seen cycling near the Fir Tree Pub, which is on Croxteth Crew territory.
Dressed in a black hoodie and tracksuit, Mercer armed himself with Yates's Smith and Wesson .455 revolver and cycled to the pub where he took up position on a grass verge alongside the car park.
Holding the gun with both hands, he fired three shots at Brady's friends.
Rhys, distracted by the sound of the first bullet, turned toward the gunman and was struck in the neck by the second bullet.
Bout time, i am absolutely delighted at the verdict!
Mercer, Kays and Coy will be sentenced later.
During the seven-week trial, the court heard how Mercer was a leading member of the Croxteth Crew gang, which terrorised the local community and was involved in a long-running and bloody feud with the Strand Gang, based on the neighbouring Norris Green estate.
The jury was also told he had an "intense hatred" of Strand Gang member Wayne Brady.
Mercer went to shoot Brady, 19, when he was told by Coy and Kays that he had been seen cycling near the Fir Tree Pub, which is on Croxteth Crew territory.
Dressed in a black hoodie and tracksuit, Mercer armed himself with Yates's Smith and Wesson .455 revolver and cycled to the pub where he took up position on a grass verge alongside the car park.
Holding the gun with both hands, he fired three shots at Brady's friends.
Rhys, distracted by the sound of the first bullet, turned toward the gunman and was struck in the neck by the second bullet.
Bout time, i am absolutely delighted at the verdict!
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07:46 Tue 16 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link]
Im glad the verdict came as it did
Just waiting on sentencing now
Just waiting on sentencing now
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07:53 Tue 16 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link]
He used to go to della salle school and played for the *A*-team and was a very good player i played against him once or twice, i think he got a trial at Everton as well. Now look at him, a leading member of a gang and carried a gun around with him in witch he killed an 11 year old boy! Sad and pathetic and fully deserves to get life!
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08:08 Tue 16 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link]
about time and glad justice was served.
He will get life. I cant see him getting less than that.
He will get life. I cant see him getting less than that.
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12:52 Tue 16 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link]
if he does not get life i will be FUMING. Disgusting what he has done.
03:31 Wed 17 Dec 08 (GMT) [Link] 
This is ruthless teenage gangster Sean Mercer who was yesterday jailed for life for gunning down soccer-mad schoolboy Rhys Jones.
Mercer, 18, was branded a "coward" by the judge who told him he would serve a minimum of 22 years. The six members of his crew who cravenly helped to cover his tracks were slammed as "selfish, shallow criminals".
Rhys was 11 when he was shot dead as he walked home from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool.
His mum Melanie was in tears as Mercer was convicted. His dad Stephen said: "Finally, justice has been done."
That guy there is a coward and is pathetic, to look at him there if he walked up to me in a street and tried to bully me I would laugh and deck him, but anybody who is to scared (becuase that all it comes down to) to use their fist and does something so stupid the kid was only 11 and he had a full life, that guy deserves 22 years and when the 'gang' are all split up and hes in a prison wing all on his own and he acts big he will realise hes not hard and fate can't come soon enough for him
This is ruthless teenage gangster Sean Mercer who was yesterday jailed for life for gunning down soccer-mad schoolboy Rhys Jones.
Mercer, 18, was branded a "coward" by the judge who told him he would serve a minimum of 22 years. The six members of his crew who cravenly helped to cover his tracks were slammed as "selfish, shallow criminals".
Rhys was 11 when he was shot dead as he walked home from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool.
His mum Melanie was in tears as Mercer was convicted. His dad Stephen said: "Finally, justice has been done."
That guy there is a coward and is pathetic, to look at him there if he walked up to me in a street and tried to bully me I would laugh and deck him, but anybody who is to scared (becuase that all it comes down to) to use their fist and does something so stupid the kid was only 11 and he had a full life, that guy deserves 22 years and when the 'gang' are all split up and hes in a prison wing all on his own and he acts big he will realise hes not hard and fate can't come soon enough for him
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