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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Rikki Neave murder accused denies changing his story to fit DNA evidence

Rikki Neave was found dead in woodland near his Peterborough home on 29 November 1994.
Rikki Neave was found dead in woodland near his Peterborough home on 29 November 1994. Photograph: PA

A police officer’s son accused of the 1994 murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave has denied he belatedly revealed he had picked up the schoolboy on the day of his disappearance in an attempt to tailor his account to fit the discovery of his DNA.

James Watson was 13 at the time it is alleged he killed Rikki in Peterborough on 28 November 1994, jurors have been told.

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