Article: Father of Rhys killer 'arrested'.

Summary: The father of Rhys Jones's killer has been arrested on suspicion of an arson attack, a police source has said.

The father of Rhys Jones's killer has been arrested on suspicion of an arson attack, a police source has said.

It is alleged Joseph McCormick, 56, set fire to the home of his son's fellow gang member Gary Kays in the early hours of Saturday.

McCormick, whose murderer son Sean Mercer, 18, was locked up for life last year for the attack on the 11-year-old in August 2007, was arrested then released on bail, a police source said.

A petrol bomb was launched through a downstairs window of the property on Mallard Close in ...

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