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| The parents of the man who supplied the gun that killed schoolboy Rhys Jones have pleaded guilty to lying to police investigating the murder. | The parents of the man who supplied the gun that killed schoolboy Rhys Jones have pleaded guilty to lying to police investigating the murder. |
| Frank Yates, 49, and wife Marie, 51, admitted perverting the course of justice at Liverpool Crown Court. | Frank Yates, 49, and wife Marie, 51, admitted perverting the course of justice at Liverpool Crown Court. |
| They destroyed a mobile phone chip belonging to their son James, the court heard. Mr Yates also admitted giving killer Sean Mercer a false alibi. | |
| Rhys, 11, was shot in Croxteth Park, Liverpool, in August 2007. | |
| Frank and Marie Yates are due to be sentenced later alongside Mercer's mother, Janette. | |
| Life term | Life term |
| The 49-year-old, of Good Shepherd Close, Croxteth, Liverpool, admitted perverting the course of justice at an earlier hearing. | |
| Rhys died in his mother's arms after being shot in the car park of the Fir Tree pub on 22 August. | |
| Mercer was jailed for life for his murder and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years. | |
| Yates, 21, of Dodman Road, was found guilty of assisting an offender and possessing a banned firearm and was sentenced to seven years in jail in January. | |
| His sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal as being "unduly lenient" following a review by the Attorney General's office. |