The devastated mother of a murdered seven-year-old girl has called the sentence handed to her killer a "disgrace".
Nikki Allan was struck with a brick and stabbed 37 times by David Boyd in Sunderland in October 1992. Her body was found in a derelict building known as the Old Exchange building.
Advances in DNA in recent years led to Boyd, now 55, being charged with her murder. Earlier this month, Boyd, of Chesterton Court, Norton, Stockton, was convicted by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court.
