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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Police apologise to man falsely accused of killing Nikki Allan 30 years ago

Nikki Allan’s mother, Sharon Henderson.
Nikki Allan’s mother, Sharon Henderson, was praised for her ‘constant and relentless campaign for justice’. Photograph: Tom Wilkinson/PA

A police force has formally apologised to a man who three decades ago was wrongly accused of killing a seven-year-old girl, after the real murderer was finally convicted.

George Heron was 24 when he was charged with the 1992 murder of Sunderland girl Nikki Allan.

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