The mum of Rhys Jones' killer Sean Mercer has been jailed after helping another of her sons to evade justice.
Janette Mercer was previously locked up for three years back in 2009 for perverting the course of justice, having told lies to detectives investigating the 11-year-old schoolboy's murder. Sean Mercer, 16 at the time, shot and killed Rhys on August 22 2007.
The innocent youngster was tragically caught in the crossfire of a feud between the Croxteth Crew and the rival Norris Green-based Strand Gang by the Fir Tree pub as he walked home from football training. Mercer was later unanimously convicted of murder by a jury and jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.
