Mother jailed for lying

THE mother of Rhys Jones’s killer has been jailed for three years for lying to detectives investigating the murder in Liverpool.

The judge told Janette Mercer, 49, she knew her son had told “a pack of lies”. She backed her son, Sean, 18, when he denied owning a silver bike caught on CCTV being used by the gunman.

Mercer had earlier admitted perverting the course of justice.