The Latest Breaking News from Rikki Neave

Murdered schoolboy Rikki Neave was ‘seen alive on night he vanished’

The six-year-old was seen outside a shop between 6.30pm and 7pm on the evening he was reported missing, a court was told

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Rikki murder suspect ‘told his sister he messed up by leaving UK during probe’

James Watson, 40, is accused of strangling the six-year-old and posing his naked body in woods in Peterborough in November 1994.

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Ex-police officer’s son admits past crimes, but denies murdering Rikki Neave

Forty-year-old James Watson is accused of strangling the six-year-old in 1994.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Murdered Rikki Neave’s mother denies ‘high priestess of the occult’ claim

Ruth Neave was cleared of killing her six-year-old son.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Rikki Neave’s mother denies catalogue of child abuse

Ruth Neave was cleared of her son’s murder but admitted child cruelty.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

Rikki Neave’s mother ‘horrified’ to be jailed for ‘smacking’ children

James Watson, 40, denies strangling Rikki Neave near his Peterborough home in 1994.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

Mother of Rikki Neave ‘told the truth and nothing but the truth’, jury told

Ruth Neave was called to give evidence during James Watson’s murder trial.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2022

Tragic Rikki Neave’s mother was writing a book on ‘perfect murder’, court told

Ruth Neave was cleared of her son’s murder following a trial, with the case remaining unsolved for more than 20 years until an alleged breakthrough.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Witness, 90, recalls sighting of Rikki murder accused almost three decades ago

The pensioner was called to give evidence at Watson’s murder trial by video link from Nottingham on Monday.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022

Zip mark seen on neck of murder victim Rikki Neave, court told

The six-year-old was found dead in woodland in 1994.

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022