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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Pettifor

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Police sorry for string of blunders that let rikki neave s killer go free for 27 years - The Untold Story

Police have apologised for a string of blunders that let schoolboy Rikki Neave’s killer escape justice for more than 27 years.

James Watson was just 13 when he lured the six-year-old into woods near his home and strangled him from behind in November 1994.

His naked body was found laid out in a star shape in Peterborough, Cambs.

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