Gang member James Yates was jailed for seven years today for his part in helping teenage gunman Sean Mercer evade justice after shooting schoolboy Rhys Jones in Liverpool, England.

Rhys Jones's killer could be about to launch an appeal against his 22-year murder sentence.

Teenage gunman Sean Mercer was jailed for at least 22 years today for the murder of innocent schoolboy Rhys Jones in the UK.

A teenage gunman (Sean Mercer, pictured) has been found guilty of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, who was gunned down as he made his way home from football training in Liverpool.

The jury in the Rhys Jones murder trial today began its fourth day of deliberations.

A jury is expected to be sent out today to consider its verdict in the trial of a teenager accused of gunning down British schoolboy Rhys Jones.

Crucial evidence used in the Rhys Jones trial has produced nothing more than a “web of lies”, a British jury was told today.

A lone gunman was responsible for the murder of Rhys Jones, a jury was told today.

Jurors in the Rhys Jones murder trial were today warned not to be distracted by feelings of sympathy and outrage as they decide the alleged killer’s fate.

Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones was murdered because of the “intense hatred” of alleged gunman Sean Mercer towards members of a rival gang, a jury was told today.

A defendant on trial in connection with the killing of 11-year-old Liverpool boy Rhys Jones trial says he was at home with accused gunman Sean Mercer watching a documentary about the rapper 50 Cent when the schoolboy was killed, a court was told today.

A teenager charged in connection with the August 2007 shooting dead of 11-year-old Liverpool boy Rhys Jones asked police to move him to America, declaring “I want to live”, a court heard.

Rhys Jones's alleged killer was found with sketches of guns while on remand in prison for the schoolboy's murder, a British court heard.

Rhys Jones’s alleged killer was found with sketches of guns while on remand in prison for the schoolboy’s murder, a court heard.

A man told the Rhys Jones trial in England today how he found a bicycle owned by alleged gunman Sean Mercer hidden in bushes on the day after the murder.

A teenager told a jury today how the gun used to kill Rhys Jones was hidden from police in the loft of his home.

The teenager accused of the murder of Rhys Jones asked a key prosecution witness to change her story, a court heard today.

A motorist told the Rhys Jones murder trial today that the gunman narrowly avoided being hit as he cycled from the scene of the crime.

A young boy told the Rhys Jones murder trial in Liverpool today that he saw a hooded gunman in the seconds before and after the 11-year-old was shot.

THE teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones admitted to the killing just minutes after the schoolboy was shot, a court heard yesterday.

The teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones in Liverpool admitted to the killing just minutes after the schoolboy was shot, a court heard today.

A bicycle used by the alleged gunman to flee the scene where English schoolboy Rhys Jones was shot dead had the DNA of a teenager accused of his murder on it, a court heard today.

A gun allegedly used to kill English schoolboy Rhys Jones replicated the wounds inflicted in his shooting when fired in tests, a court heard today.

A gasp was heard from the jury box as CCTV footage of the shooting of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones was played at a murder trial.

Innocent English schoolboy Rhys Jones died when he strayed into a feud between rival gangs, a court heard today.