Jailed: killer father tried to blame son

♦ A father who shot dead a 32-year-old man – and then tried to persuade his own son, 14, to take the blame for the murder – was yesterday jailed for a minimum of 26 years.

Matthew Moseley, 50, killed Lee Holt in Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, last October, after Mr Holt had kicked his front door in a heated row.

Preston Crown Court heard that Moseley gave the shotgun to his son, Thomas, and told him to tell police he was responsible for the shooting, as he would not be prosecuted due to his age. Moseley denied murder but was found guilty.