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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Rikki Neave: Murderer who strangled boy, 6, to fulfil ‘morbid fantasy’ jailed 27 years after killing

A murderer brought to justice more than 27 years after strangling a six-year-old boy has been jailed for life.

James Watson was 13 years old when he lured Rikki Neave to woods just a few minutes’ walk from his home in Welland, Peterborough, on 28 November 1994.

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