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Police apologise to man wrongly charged with seven-year-old’s murder in 1992

A police force has apologised to a man wrongly accused of murdering a seven-year-old girl in 1992 after the real killer was finally convicted 31 years later. Northumbria Police also apologised to the family of Nikki Allan for mistakes made in the ...

17 May 2023 at 17:00

Jury out in trial of babysitter’s boyfriend accused of murdering girl, seven

The jury in the trial of a man accused of the 1992 murder of a seven-year-old girl has been sent out to start deliberations. David Boyd, 55, of Chesterton Court, Stockton, Teesside, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court, where he denies murdering ...

12 May 2023 at 12:16

Babysitter’s boyfriend guilty of murdering girl who ‘skipped to her death’

A sex offender has been convicted of murdering a seven-year-old girl after escaping justice for more than 30 years. Nikki Allan’s family never gave up their fight to see justice done after the youngster was lured to her brutal death in a ...

12 May 2023 at 15:05

Key events leading to conviction of David Boyd for murder of Nikki Allan, seven

Here is a timeline of events leading up to the conviction of paedophile David Boyd for the 1992 murder of seven-year-old Nikki Allan. – October 7 1992: That evening, Nikki Allan had been playing with friends outside the block of flats ...

12 May 2023 at 15:10

Man accused of murdering girl, seven, ‘will not give evidence in his defence’

A man on trial for murdering a seven-year-old girl in 1992 will not give evidence in his defence, a jury has been told. David Boyd, 55, denies murdering Nikki Allan in a derelict dockside building in Sunderland 31 years ago. The ...

10 May 2023 at 15:56

Mother hits out at police after man convicted for her daughter’s 1992 murder

The mother of a seven-year-old who was battered and stabbed to death in 1992 has criticised police after seeing her daughter’s killer finally convicted of murder. There was chaos in court as the guilty verdict was returned ...

12 May 2023 at 21:03

Video shown to jury of man being arrested over girl’s murder

A jury has seen video of the moment a former neighbour was arrested on suspicion of murdering a seven-year-old girl 26 years earlier. David Boyd, 55, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he denies the 1992 murder of ...

03 May 2023 at 14:59

Mother of murdered Nikki Allan to take legal action against Northumbria Police

Mother of murdered Nikki Allan to take legal action against police

A mother who waited 31 years to see her seven-year-old daughter’s killer brought to justice said she will take legal action against the police force which botched the initial murder inquiry. In October 1992, schoolgirl ...

09 Aug 2023 at 12:01

Police watchdog to investigate inquiry into schoolgirl’s 1992 murder

The police watchdog will investigate whether the inquiry into the 1992 murder of seven-year-old Nikki Allan missed opportunities to identify her killer sooner. It was only last year, 31 years after the event, that ...

16 Jan 2024 at 12:23

Girl murdered in 1992 died from shock and haemorrhaging, trial told

A seven-year-old girl who was murdered and dumped in a derelict building in 1992 died from shock and haemorrhaging, a court heard. David Boyd, 55, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he denies murdering ...

27 Apr 2023 at 16:23

Girl, seven, ‘lured to death by man who repeatedly knifed her through the heart’

A seven-year-old girl was lured to her death by a man who broke her skull with a brick before repeatedly stabbing her through the heart, a court has been told. Nikki Allan was killed in a derelict building ...

20 Apr 2023 at 11:54

Seven-year-old Nikki Allan’s killer jailed for life over 1992 murder

A child killer who murdered a seven-year-old girl in 1992 has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years. Sex offender David Boyd, 55, had a “sinister purpose” when he lured seven-year-old Nikki ...

23 May 2023 at 16:06

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