A series of text messages between two British teenage lovers show in frightening detail how the relationship quickly led to murder, according to a report.
Matthew Mason, 19, was found guilty last week for the murder of his 15-year-old lover, Alex Rodda, after Rodda exposed his relationship with Mason’s girlfriend, according to a report by The Sun.
“You need to tell your boyfriend the truth, Matt, because I already did,” wrote Rodda in a text message.
Mason murdered the student in a remote section of the forest on December 12 in Cheshire, near Manchester, in the northwest of the country.
The killer lured his lover under the “pretext of sexual activity” before spanking him in “cold blood” with a wrench, court documents say.
Their six-week relationship quickly fell apart after Rodda, who was openly gay, threatened to expose Mason, who had a girlfriend and lived on a farm with his millionaire parents. Rodda also threatened to upload sexually explicit photos to his social media account.