Originally Posted by MarcusGarveyLives

The teenager chose not to give evidence but on Wednesday his mum told the court her son was in his bedroom just minutes before the murder and did not leave the house while she watched television between 10pm and 10.30pm.

The young mum denied her son rode a moped or kept body armour under his bed. But she admitted he had recently bought a £2,000 gold chain.

She said: “It was a prized possession. He didn’t complain that the chain had been taken off him that day. He would have told me because we always sit down and talk about things.”