THE mother of Rhys Jones’ teenage killer wept today as she admitted trying to help her son escape justice.
Janette Mercer, 49, a former £50-a-time prostitute in a city centre vice den, gave a false statement to police about a bike owned by her son Sean.
Dressed in a black trouser suit the mum-of-three, of Good Shepherd Close, Croxteth, was warned she faces a lengthy prison sentence.
Sat in the glass fronted dock at Liverpool Crown Court she was flanked by security guards and spoke in a barely audible voice as she dabbed tears from her eyes.
Having previously denied attempting to pervert the course of justice, and with the court expecting the start of a four-day trial, Mercer changed her plea to guilty at the last minute.
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