The Latest Breaking News from Rikki Neave

John Watson killed the child to fulfil a 'morbid fantasy'

Killer James Watson was sentenced ‘as though a 13-year-old’ because he was also a child at the time of the killing

James Watson, 41, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 15 years for killing little Rikki Neave in the woods near his home in Peterborough in 1994 - Rikki's sister described his death as like 'losing the other half of me'

James Watson was 13 when he led six-year-old Rikki into woods and strangled him to death.

Watson, 41, evaded detection for more than 20 years, changing his account as evidence against him piled up

James Watson, now 41, caught years later after DNA breakthrough linked him to schoolboy’s clothes

James Watson, 41, is due to be sentenced for the 1994 murder at the Old Bailey on Friday.

James Watson was aged 13 when he lured six-year-old Rikki to woods near his home in Peterborough more than 27 years ago.

Ruth Neave was convicted of child cruelty following a trial in which she was acquitted of her six-year-old son's murder in 1994, before a cold case investigation. led to the conviction of "monster" James Watson who strangled Rikki to death

Exclusive: Ruth Neave aims to overturn 1996 verdict as James Watson is sentenced for six-year-old’s killing

Rochelle Neave says she still does not have closure despite James Watson being convicted 28 years after the shocking murder