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Sophie Doughty

'It's always there' - Murdered Gateshead schoolboy's sister lifts lid on lifetime of grief

Forever tortured by her little brother's unsolved murder, Pauline Graham's life is one lived in the shadow of tragedy. Allan Graham was just 11 years-old when he vanished from a street in Newcastle's West End, in 1970.

The schoolboy was found dead in a ditch the following day, but no one has ever been brought to justice for his murder. Pauline, who was 17 when Allan was killed, has lived with the burden of her grief and anger throughout her whole adult life.

But the great-grandmother has never spoken publicly about the unsolved slaying until now.

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