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Tom Pettifor & Peter Diamond

Rikki Neave killer James Watson guilty of murdering boy, 6, when he was just 13

A “dangerous predator, fantasist and manipulator” has convicted of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave for his own sick sexual gratification.

James Watson, 41, was found guilty by majority verdict at the Old Bailey of murdering little Rikki in 1994.

A string of blunders by blinkered detectives originally led to Rikki’s mother being charged with his murder while the real killer escaped justice for 28 years, according to Mirror Online.

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