Trio remain silent in Rhys murder trial

Three of the accused in the Rhys Jones murder trial said today that they would call no evidence to defend themselves.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that Boy M, 16, James Yates, 20, and Nathan Quinn, 18, would not go into the witness box.

The judge, Mr Justice Irwin, asked their barristers if they had all been warned that adverse inferences could be drawn from their decisions.

The three barristers confirmed they had.