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Judge tells jury Alex Rodda murder case is 'not about sexual acts' but about the facts of the 'attack'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA judge has addressed the jury in the final day of a trial of a young man accused of murdering Alex Rodda.Matthew Mason, 19, is charged with beating the schoolboy to death with a large metal tool in a woodland area near the village of Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year.Mr Mason, then 18, murdered the 15-year-old after they entered into a sexual relationship, the Crown alleges.He paid Alex more than £2,000 over a three-week period after Alex allegedly threatened to reveal the relationship, jurors have been told.Mr Mason ‘didn’t want anyone to know he was gay’, the jury has already heard.Mr Gordon Cole QC, Mr Mason’s lawyer, earlier told the court that his client arranged a rendezvous with Alex to tell him the.
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