A teenager has been sentenced for life for the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones who was shot outside a Liverpool pub.
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 was going back to his home after football practice.
He was ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years by trial judge Mr Justice Irwin and was convicted by the jury after almost four days of deliberations
The judge called Mercer a “coward” and described the gang members as “selfish and shallow criminals”.
After the verdict was read out, Rhys’ father Stephen Jones said: “Finally justice has been done for Rhys.”
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