Man who let son take blame for murder jailed for at least 26 yearsA father who pressured his 14-year-old son to take the blame for a murder he committed has been jailed for at least 26 years. Matthew Moseley, 50, shot dead Lee Holt, 32, before he handed the semi-automatic shotgun to his son, Thomas, and told him to falsely confess to the shooting. On Tuesday he was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum term of 26 years. The shooting on Moseley’s doorstep in Oswaldtwistle was the result of a dispute between Thomas and Holt’s partner’s 15-year-old son, the trial heard. Moseley, a tree surgeon, maintained during the trial that it was his son who pulled the trigger despite being covertly recorded pressing Thomas to take the blame.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2018 10:21 UTC