article_snippet: The Probation Service said Yates would be dropped off by Yates father Francis - who was jailed for more than four years for trying to cover up the murder - and later picked up on an agreed route.
article_snippet: Yates was released last April - leaving just one of the seven-strong gang in prison.
article_snippet: After Yates walked free it meant only Mercer, who was jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years, was left behind bars after seven people were convicted over seven people involvement in the horrific crime.
article_snippet: Nathan Quinn, Dean Kelly, Gary Kays, Melvin Coy and a 16-year-old who cannot be named have all served sentences.
article_snippet: Yates was 21 when Yates was jailed for just seven years for supplying the gun used to kill Rhys and helping Mercer cover Yates tracks.
article_snippet: Yates and two other members of the Croxteth Crew - Quinn, 18, and Kelly, 17 - winked, smiled, smirked and cheered in the dock as they were handed sentences blasted as 'disgusting' by Rhys's family.
article_snippet: But because Yates spent almost a year in prison awaiting trial, that time counted towards Yates final sentence.
article_snippet: That means Yates spent just over five years behind bars since being found guilty of assisting the schoolboy's murderer.
article_snippet: Yates was released on licence midway through Yates sentence, as is commonplace, and will be monitored outside prison for the remainder of the 12 years.