The jury in the case of Nikki Allan, the seven-year-old girl from Sunderland who was murdered in October 1992 has heard that the suspect David Boyd, used the same method of access as the killer days before the murder

Another neighbour in the Wear Garth block of flats, George Heron, was charged with her murder in 1992 but found not guilty in 1993. Northumbria Police relaunched the investigation in 2017 and identified “inconsistencies” surrounding Mr Boyd, who was also one of the last people to see Nikki alive.

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Jurors watched footage of his arrest and heard transcripts of his police interviews in which he denied any involvement in the murder.