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Jury sent out to consider verdict in Rikki Neave murder trial

A jury has begin deliberating on its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave more than 27 years ago. James Watson was aged 13 when it is alleged he strangled the six-year-old in woods in Peterborough on November 28 ...

06 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Plea to resolve 27-year murder mystery of Rikki Neave

A prosecutor has appealed for jurors to finally resolve the 27-year murder mystery of Rikki Neave. The six-year-old was found strangled in woods near his home in Peterborough the day after he was reported missing in November 1994. The Old Bailey ...

31 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Rikki Neave murder accused denies interest in dead animals and young children

A police officer’s son accused of murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave has denied having an unhealthy interest in dead birds and young children. James Watson was only 13 at the time it is alleged he killed six-year-old Rikki in Peterborough on ...

28 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Mother of Rikki Neave ‘told the truth and nothing but the truth’, jury told

The mother of six-year-old Rikki Neave said she was telling the “truth and nothing but the truth” when denying his murder more than 25 years ago. Rikki was strangled and posed naked in woods near his Peterborough home in November 1994. ...

27 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Murdered Rikki Neave’s mother denies ‘high priestess of the occult’ claim

The mother of murdered schoolboy Rikki Neave has denied having an interest in black magic and bragging about being a “high priestess of the occult”. Ruth Neave was cleared of killing six-year-old Rikki, who was found strangled and ...

02 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Rikki Neave’s mother denies catalogue of child abuse

The mother of murdered schoolboy Rikki Neave has denied grabbing him around the neck as “punishment for being naughty”. Rikki, aged six, was strangled and then posed naked in woods near his Peterborough home in November 1994. His ...

01 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Rikki Neave’s mother ‘horrified’ to be jailed for ‘smacking’ children

The mother of murdered schoolboy Rikki Neave has told jurors she was “horrified” to be jailed for “smacking” her children. Rikki, aged six, was strangled and then posed naked in woods near his Peterborough home in November 1994. ...

01 Feb 2022 at 13:25

Da Vinci drawing wrongly cast suspicion on murdered Rikki’s home, court told

The mother of Rikki Neave was wrongly accused of his murder after a picture of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man was found at the family home, a court has heard. Six-year-old Rikki’s naked body was posed in a star shape in ...

19 Jan 2022 at 16:27

Zip mark seen on neck of murder victim Rikki Neave, court told

A zip-shaped mark was left on the body of six-year-old Rikki Neave after he was allegedly strangled by his own anorak, a court has heard. Rikki was killed in a “swiftly executed” attack from behind in woods near his ...

20 Jan 2022 at 17:56

Tragic Rikki Neave’s mother was writing a book on ‘perfect murder’, court told

The mother of schoolboy Rikki Neave had an interest in witchcraft and was writing a book on the “perfect murder”, it has been claimed in court. Six-year-old Rikki was strangled and posed naked in a star shape in ...

25 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Witness, 90, recalls sighting of Rikki murder accused almost three decades ago

A pensioner has described seeing six-year-old Rikki Neave with his alleged killer on the day he was murdered 27 years ago. Rikki was allegedly spotted in the company of then 13-year-old James Watson before he ...

24 Jan 2022 at 14:25

Man jailed for murder of Rikki Neave granted leave to appeal against conviction

A 41-year-old man handed a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 15 years after being convicted of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave nearly 30 years ago has been given “leave to appeal” against his ...

29 Mar 2023 at 11:54

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