Mum who 'lied' follows son to jail
Manchester Evening News|June 25, 2024
MOTHER TRIED TO HELP 'GANG' MEMBER GET AWAY WITH TEENAGER'S MURDER
ANDREW BARDSLEY
Mum who 'lied' follows son to jail

A MUM who told 'deliberate lies' to try and help her son get away with murder has been jailed. Maria Dambrosio, 49, has followed her eldest son Francesco Raji in being sent to prison.

Dambrosio lied to police in a statement she made to officers in the aftermath of the murder of John Soyoye.

John was just 16 when he was stabbed to death in Moston, following a largescale fight between 'two rival gangs, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Raji was one of seven young men who were later convicted of murder.

Dambrosio was prosecuted after trying to give false alibis to her son and Christopher Semedo, a family friend who was another of the seven to be convicted of murder.

She went to trial but changed her plea on the third day of the case.

Now she has been 60 jailed for eight months after admitting perverting the course of justice.

This story is from the June 25, 2024 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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