A lying mum has started a nine month sentence after covering up her sons' crimes for a second time.
Janette Mercer was previously locked up for three years back in 2009 for perverting the course of justice, having lied to detectives investigating the murder of Rhys Jones. Son Sean Mercer, then aged 16, shot and killed the 11-year-old in August 2007.
Mercer was imprisoned again at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, February 6, after helping another of her children, Joseph Mercer, to remain at large while he was wanted for dealing drugs. The now 63-year-old allowed the fugitive to live with her while misleading the police over his whereabouts.
