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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Wilkinson

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

PA Wire

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 Nikki Allan was lured to a derelict building in Sunderland and was stabbed and hit with bricks by David Boyd, now aged 55, and left dead or dying in the basement.

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