was a terrible crime that shocked the community, that went unsolved for three decades. nikki allan was a seven year old girl who was out on an evening, was cleared by david boyd to a disused building, as we heard there, in sunderland by the dockside, where he attacked her. was lured by david boyd. thejudge said she believed he either committed a sexual assault are intended to commit a sexual assault on nikki allan, who fought back and scream, and he managed to get her into the building where he carried out what she described as a frenzied attack on the seven year old girl using a brick and a knife, where he stabbed her multiple times and then dragged her body to the basement of the building to try and hide it, to try and cover his tracks. her body was found the next day by two local residents, such was the outpouring that people scattered around the area to try and find her and her body was found the next day. david boyd was initially interviewed as a witness to the case,
unlike heron, he had previous convictions including convictions against girls aged eight to ten. although only convicted of one other serious sexual offence, we don t know how many other crimes boyd may have got away with since that time, given how many victims of sexual violence don t have confidence to report. the police announcement that they were not looking for anyone else also led sharon and her family to believe heron was the right suspect who got away with murder on a legal technicality, and that led to a loss of faith in the justice system. angerfrom the to a loss of faith in the justice system. anger from the local community which was provoked by this and the failure to secure a conviction led to some outrageously to blame sharon for being a bad mother, she is not. in the years after heron s conviction, there was no meaningful police reinvestigation and sharon felt her efforts to push for results were dismissed. her
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mother there of nikki sharon. thank you. thank you. the mother there of nikki allan, - mother there of nikki allan, seven year old girl murdered in 1992. david boyd hasjust been sentenced for that merger, sentenced to 29 years in prison. she was expressing grave dissatisfaction, not just with the sentencing expressing grave dissatisfaction, notjust with the sentencing but also with the peace process, it is after after the murder. the police have responded with the following statement which is relatively lengthy, i will read some of it. the man who murdered sunderland schoolgirl nikki allan, as an investigative team we ve worked tirelessly to find the man responsible and crucial prove it can only be a boyd who murdered her that night. since 2017 we have taken more than 1200 statements, 2500 documents produced and over 5500 act created, dna, this was the crucial difference in the case, we were able to obtain dna from more than 800 men, travelling the length and breadth of the country