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Killer of Rhys Jones 11-yr-Old Football Fan, Beaten in Jail For Boasting About Death
The Murder of Rhys Jones 11-yr-Old Football Fanatic
Teenage gang warfare in Liverpool UK claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy who was shot to death by a stray bullet on his way home from Football Practice Daily Mirror, 1 AUG 2021. http://crimemagazine.com/images/Rhys_Jones2.jpg.... https://cdn.entertainmentdaily.com/2...-7-768x401.png https://i0.wp.com/www.thesun.co.uk/w...96%2C476&ssl=1 On August 22, 2007, 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot in the back by a stray bullet in the midst of a gang war that had plagued the Croxteth and Norris Green estates in Liverpool for almost a decade. Rhys Jones had no affiliation to the gangs in Liverpool and was merely making his way home from football practice when he and his friends made the fateful decision to cross the Fir Tree Pub car park. http://crimemagazine.com/images/Sean%20Mercer.jpg Killer Sean Mercer Some time earlier in 2007, a “young scally,” as the locals would say, named Sean Mercer had received an Anti-Social Behaviour Order from the Courts for terrorising a security guard at a local Shopping Centre with close friend Dean Kelly, age 17 Local teenage gang member Sean Mercer was found guilty of his murder more than a year later and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 22 years. The “Crocky Crew” gang received various sentances http://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dy...ang-637698.jpg Mercer was 16 at this time and was keen to make a name for himself among the leaders of the “Crocky Crew” gang to whom he was affiliated. His desperation to escalate in the ranks of the Crocky Crew and his hatred of the rival Strand Gang member –Wayne Brady – is what eventually would lead to the untimely death of Rhys Jones. Rhys Jones Trial: Footage Shown to Jury RIP Rhys https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Y...=0&w=300&h=300 |
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Rhys Jones' Killer Beaten Up in Jail For Boasting About Shooting Boy as He Walked Home
Sean Mercer, 32, is said to have "mouthed off" about murdering the schoolboy, 11, to inmates at HMP Gartree, sparking an attack which forced prison guards to intervene BBC News 24 Oct https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...-Liverpool.jpg The Everton fan with his brother Owen, as well as mum Melanie and dad Stephen Furious inmates have reportedly attacked Rhys Jones’ killer after he allegedly boasted about the murder in prison. Sean Mercer was jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years in 2008 for the shooting of the 11-year-old who was killed as he walked home from football practice in Liverpool. The now 32-year-old is said to have “mouthed off” about the brutal slaying which infuriated his fellow lags. According to the Daily Star, Mercer boasted he could do “what he wanted” and did not care about his victim, sparking an attack which had to be stopped by prison guards. An insider said: “Blows were raining down on him, prisoners were furious he was boasting about it. Rhys Jones was killed as he walked home in 2007 “Mercer wants to be a big boy behind bars - he is known for getting up to stuff, trying to sneak in contraband and that. “But he has a mouth as well, and he started shouting about in front of the wrong people at the wrong time when he hasn’t even been here that long. “Many people think it was long overdue for what he did to that baby.” Tensions are understood to be high in the prison following the recent 15th anniversary of Rhys’ death close to when youngster Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed by a gunman in Liverpool. The insider continued: “There’s been a lot of chat about the shootings and obviously Mercer is in for killing a little boy. Him acting like he didn’t care is what kicked things off - people don’t take kindly to people who are in for hurting kids. “He hasn’t always been at this prison, he was trying to exert some authority. But he’s had a shock, because people in here won’t stand for it.” Earlier this month it was reported Mercer is under police investigation over a plot to smuggle mobile phones into prison. Sean Mercer is said to have ordered thousands of pounds be paid to a serving prison officer to bring the banned contraband into HMP Gartree, a category B jail. A source said the official was arrested last week and a later search of his home found 12 phones, as well as Sim cards and tobacco. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...estershire.jpg Mercer is currently caged at HMP Gartree near Leicestershire The breach was discovered after a search of Mercer’s cell, it is reported. A source told the Sun : “Prison officers found a handset as they span his belongings. “It was their great work that found it — and that set this whole thing in motion.” Tragic Rhys was caught in the crossfire between two criminal gangs as he walked across a car park in Croxteth, Liverpool in 2007. The Ministry of Justice said it would not comment on individual prisoners. |
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