hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of murdering a seven year old girl in sunderland in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allen was beaten and stabbed before her body was dumped in a derelict building. this afternoon a jury convicted david boyd of her murder. danny savage reports. a little seven year old girl brutally murdered more than 30 years ago. last seen skipping after a man she was being lured to her death by the river wear. we now know who that man was. david boyd, 25 years old at the time, now 55. pa rt part of the team investigating the murder of nikki allen. advances in dna evidence found traces of him on nikki allan s clothes. nikki lived in a ground floorflat on this estate in sunderland. her killer lived on the third floor of the block. the whole estate has since been demolished. sharon is nikki s mum. it s hard to comprehend the effect this has had on her life. your life just changed and nobody.
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Seated, the judge will give fairly long explanation. On. Reporter after the jury is seated, the judge will give fairly long explanation. Were not going to hear Opening Statements today. Its possible we could hear them tomorrow or thursday. Got it. Pete williams. Thank you very much. Let me bring in National Political reporter for the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst. Two msnbc contributors. Charlie savage. Let me go over briefly this reminder about Paul Manafort and why the Special Counsel is interested in him. Starts with donald trump. He hired Paul Manafort to run his president ial campaign in march 2016. Prior to his work on the Trump Campaign, manafort did political work overseas. Some for the prorussian
highlights which as you indicated, rick gates, all eyes will be on him. He was the right hand man to manafort. What hell have to do in order to fulfill his cooperation agreement, for the government
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