41-year-old James Watson was convicted of murdering Rikki in 1994 at the Old Bailey earlier today. Rikki’s mother, Ruth Neave, was initially charged with his murder. The 53-year-old was acquitted in 1996, but was jailed for seven years after admitting child cruelty in relation to Rikki and two of his sisters.
Watson, of no fixed abode, was convicted following a DNA breakthrough in 2016, which revealed that he had been in physical contact with the six-year-old boy on the day of his disappearance.
He was 13-years-old when the murder took place.
He was convicted by a majority verdict.
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