Stay With Me, Rhys
The heartbreaking story of Rhys Jones, by his mother. As seen on ITV’s new documentary Police Tapes
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2018
Summary
Eleven-year-old Rhys Jones was fatally shot while walking home from football practice. He died in his mother’s arms. This is the true story behind the horrific murder that shocked the nation.
‘Stay with me, Rhys,’ I kept saying over and over again. ‘Please stay with me. I love you.’
There was still no expression in his eyes. I was talking and talking to him, desperate to let him know I was there, but there was no flicker in his face. In hindsight, it was like he’d already gone…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753552292 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753552299 |
| Author: | Melanie Jones |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Virgin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 21mm |
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Heartbreaking account … Melanie Jones takes readers through the agony of that long wait, the tense trial and its unending aftermath.
Heartbreaking account … Melanie Jones takes readers through the agony of that long wait, the tense trial and its unending aftermath. * Daily Mail *
About The Author
Melanie Jones
Melanie Jones was born in Wrexham and grew up in Liverpool. She met Steve at her local Tesco, where they both worked, when she was 17 and they married five years later in 1987. They had their first son, Owen, in 1990 and second son, Rhys, in 1995. Their happy family life was torn apart on 22 August 2007, when eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by a stray bullet fired by gang member Sean Mercer as he walked home from football training. He later died in hospital. After Rhys’s murder and the trial, Mel and Steve continued to work at Tesco and have helped in efforts to raise over e300,000 for a local community centre in Rhys’s name, which opened in 2013. They also collaborated with Jeff Pope on the recent ITV drama Little Boy Blue.
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