james watson's claim that he lifted rikki up to see some diggers over a fence was a lie. atched watson's dna to samples taken from rikki's discarded clothing. more than two decades after the schoolboy rikki neave was murdered, tonight, a man in his 30s is in police custody. that man would have been just a teenager when six—year—old rikki disappeared from an estate in peterborough in 1994. but there are more twists and turns to come. while on bail, watson fled to portugal. watson was re—arrested in portugal in august 2016 and extradited back to the uk. initially, the crown prosecution service thought there wasn't enough evidence to charge him. after rikki's family appealed, watson was finally charged with murder in 2020. it took another two years for his trial to begin at the old bailey in london. the court was told that he was living in a children's home at the time and played truant from school an awful lot. he also dismissed suggestions that he had an unhealthy interest as a child in dead birds and images of young children in their underwear. after 11 weeks in court, wat

today, james watson is 41, but he was a 13—year—old schoolboy when he strangled rikki, stripped him naked believe this was for watson's sexual gratification. i say rot in hell. how could you murder a little boy like that? have you got no shame? ruth neave is now in ill health, but aided by her husband, gary, wants to talk about the years they spent fighting for the truth about her son's death. i met ruth 14 years ago and she told me on the first day we went out and i made her a promise and i said, when you're ready, we'll fight it and i'll get you and rikki truth and justice. eight years ago, ruth thought, now's the time. a year later, in 2015, a cold case investigation into rikki's death began and a fresh team of officers was brought in to re—examine the evidence. back in 1994, the school uniform rikki had been wearing on the day he died was found dumped in a bin. years later, using forensic techniques not available at the time, dna on rikki's clothing was linked to james watson. it was a key piece of evidence, but he concocted a story telling police it was there because he had lifted ri

some news from the old bailey where a child, james watson has been jailed old bailey where a child, jamesp going". we've got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment and i think that as a government, i've got to listen. the lib dems overturn a huge conservative 211,000 majority in tiverton and honiton and say it's time mrjohnson left number 10. people were saying borisjohnson must go. when we talked to people on the doorsteps, they were fed up of a prime minister who is not fit and decent to be prime minister of our great country. labour re—takes wakefield, which it lost at the 2019 general election with the party's leader also insisting that it's time for a new non—conservative government. now we've had the sort of swing that puts us on track notjust for a labour government but for a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party and i'm so proud. officials in afghanistan say another five people have been killed following tremors close to the epicentre of wednesday's earthquake. the former glamour model katie price is given an

we had the sentence hearing earlier on today at the old bailey. james watson, who is now 41 years oldtoo willing to trust and engage with strangers. the case was reopened, re—examined in 2015 and it was a complex investigation, as my colleague joe black complex investigation, as my colleaguejoe black now reports. rikki neave was a blue—eyed boy with a cheeky personality. in 1994, when the six—year—old was found murdered in woodland on peterborough's welland estate, detectives believed ruth neave, a mother of four who had been involved with drugs, killed her own son. she was jailed for child cruelty but cleared unanimously by a jury of rikki's murder. now, nearly 28 years on, rikki's real killer has been brought to justice. today, james watson is 41 but he was a 13—year—old schoolboy when he strangled ricky, stripped him naked and posed his dead body in the shape of a star. police believe this was for watson's sexual gratification. rikki's mother says he's a monster. i say rot in hell. how could you murder a little boy like that? have you got no shame? ruth neave is now in ill health b

james watson — who is now 41 — was 13 when he strangled the six—year—old.police watchdog into the actions of a senior detective in the case. the iopc report suggests neil hibberd omitted forensic evidence from ali kololo's trial. here's our special correspondent lucy manning. it is more than most could bear. jude tebbutt was kidnapped in kenya. she watched her husband, david, dragged off to be murdered, then she fought to have the only man convicted in connection with his killing released. she believes he's innocent. at the centre of this potential miscarriage ofjustice, a highly decorated british police officer, detective superintendent neil hibberd, investigated for leaving out key forensic evidence at the kenyan trial. he knows what he's done. they put a man in prison who shouldn't have been put in prison, so they have to live with that. i'd put my faith in them, and i did believe that they would find the killer of david and the people who took me. in 2011, jude was held hostage for six months by somali pirates. a kenyan man, ali kololo, is in prison, bu

that was iain watson reporting. james been slightly weird because of the jubilee weekend. it feels it's been slightly weird because of thejubilee weekend. it feels like everything 's been convinced into the final couple of weeks. not just for people reporting, but the 15 candidates in this by—election. anywhere you go here, you see the posters in the placards. it's going to be really interesting to see how those candidates do on the doorstep, but also, the leader 's' visits. we had keir starmer on monday, and we are may be expecting borisjohnson. we're waiting to see how seriously the leaders will take the campaign. this seat famously was won by the conservatives in 2019. for something building his majority —— boris johnson. building his ma'ority -- boris johnson. _ . ., , johnson. the by-election is happening _ johnson. the by-election is happening for _ johnson. the by-election is happening for a _ johnson. the by-election is happening for a very i johnson. the by-election is. happening for a very particular reason. the

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