Police have apologised to an innocent man who was wrongly accused of the murder of Sunderland schoolgirl Nikki Allan after the real killer was convicted more than 30 years later.
Nikki was seven years old when she was savagely killed by David Boyd in 1992 who stabbed her multiple times and smashed her over the head with a brick. Her body was tragically found in the derelict Old Exchange building the following morning.
Northumbria Police launched an investigation which led to the force wrongly accusing innocent George Heron of her murder. He was arrested, charged and tried for the offence, before being cleared on the directions of the judge.
