GUILTY UK - Rikki Neave, 6, murdered, Peterborough, 28 Nov 1994 *Arrest*

[UK Girl]

Sister of Rikki Neave ask Attorney General to consider harsher sentence for killer James Watson

Rikki Neave’s three sisters have written to the Attorney General asking him to review the length of the sentence given to James Watson.

www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk

 

[JerseyGirl]

Sisters heartbreak as Rikki Neave's killer evaded justice for 27 years | ITV News

Rebecca Harvey tells ITV News it was "an extremely difficult 27-odd years", saying killer James Watson's 15-year sentence should be longer. | ITV News Anglia

www.itv.com

 

[badgersmythe]

24 Hours in Police Custody: The Murder of Rikki Neave

In Channel 4's Police Custody: The Murder of Rikki Neave, which airs tonight, police discuss the original investigation in Peterborough after he was killing in November 1994.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[BabaVanga]

Hi Docwho and Kazzbar and thank you for taking the time to raed up on this case.

In answer to your question Docwho I do not recall ever saying that I thought Ruth Neave was innocent and after double checking can confirm that nope I indeed never did! The points you raised in your post were spot on and ones I agree with. I read up on this case extensively yesterday and am under the impression Ruth Neave either comitted or was involved with her sons death.

Guess you were wrong huh

 

[Kasmeer]

Rikki Neave police 'ignored scientific evidence'

Original 1994 police inquiry ignored evidence and instead made murder case against boy’s mother, BBC finds.

www.bbc.co.uk

A BBC investigation has found that police ignored scientific evidence to build a case against his mother, leaving his killer free for more than 20 years.
...
Prof Tony Brown, a forensic scientist from Southampton University who helps solve crimes by looking at pollen in mud, had been asked by police to examine Rikki's clothes.
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"I focused on the right shoe because that had mud on the positive tread and that is significant. The ridges underneath your shoes, the positive tread, don't normally have mud on them as soon as you go on to tarmac or a pavement or a hard surface."
He concluded that "the shoes had walked into the wood but hadn't walked out again - and that's critical".


I really hope that wouldn't happen today - whatever you may think of the mother's parenting skills (terrible), ignoring what appears to be pretty clear evidence to try and frame the convenient target is not justice, and as we've seen, can result in the actual killer going free for decades.

 

[scapa]

Just FYI, in case it hasn't been posted, there's a show running now on BBC Radio 4 called "The Boy in the Woods" that's an interesting, relatively sensation-free retelling. Winnifred Robinson hosts.

BBC Radio 4 - The Boy in the Woods, 1. A Child is Missing

In this new series Winifred Robinson investigates the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[RichardKimble]

The convicted killer of Rikki Neave is possibly to have his case looked at by appeal judges.


Killer jailed for life for murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave, 6, can appeal conviction

Killer jailed for life for Rikki Neave's murder allowed to appeal conviction

James Watson, now 41, was jailed in June last year for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave, whose body was found in woodland five minutes from his home in Welland, Peterborough in 1994

www.mirror.co.uk

A man found guilty of murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago has been granted leave to appeal his conviction by judges.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-03-29/murderer-of-six-year-old-schoolboy-rikki-neave-launches-appeal

 

[UK Girl]

The convicted killer of Rikki Neave is possibly to have his case looked at by appeal judges.


Killer jailed for life for murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave, 6, can appeal conviction

Killer jailed for life for Rikki Neave's murder allowed to appeal conviction

James Watson, now 41, was jailed in June last year for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave, whose body was found in woodland five minutes from his home in Welland, Peterborough in 1994

www.mirror.co.uk

A man found guilty of murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago has been granted leave to appeal his conviction by judges.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-03-29/murderer-of-six-year-old-schoolboy-rikki-neave-launches-appeal

hopefully it will fail. He has put the family through hell for decades and continues to do so

 

[StillDiggin]

Man jailed for Rikki Neave's 1994 murder claims there was a 'wholesale loss of evidence' as he challenges conviction

James Watson, who was 13 at the time of the killing, received a life sentence for murdering the six-year-old last year, after the case went unsolved for decades.

news.sky.com

 

[UK Girl]

James Watson's appeal was today dismissed by the courts

 

[RichardKimble]

Man who was jailed for the 1994 murder of Rikki Neave loses appeal

A 42-year-old man given a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave nearly 30 years has lost an appeal against his conviction.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Legally Bland]

Appeal decision.

James Watson -v- the King - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Neutral citation number: [2023] EWCA Crim 1016 Case number: 202201554 B3 In the Court of Appeal, Criminal DivisionOn appeal from the Central Criminal CourtMrs Justice McGowanT20207051 4 September 2023 Before: The Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, Criminal DivisionLord Justice Holroyde,Mr...

www.judiciary.uk