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currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this. they ve called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, nothing inappropriat
hello and welcome. we start the programme with breaking news, a man in the uk has been found guilty of murdering a seven year old girl more than thirty years ago. the body of nikki allen was found in sunderland in 1992. david boyd denied being responsible but refused to give evidence at his trial. live now to danny savage outside newcastle crown court. danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious crimes - danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious crimes of - danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious crimes of this i the most notorious crimes of this part of the uk which has remained unsolved for more than three decades. today, that terrible weight that her family have had for 30 years finally came to an end. he was 25 years old at the time when she went missing back in 1992 in sunderland. in the last few minutes, he has been convicted at newcastle crown court. this can be described as
him in court. when that guilty verdict was said in court this afternoon after less than two hours of deliberation by the jury, there was uproar in the courtroom. back in 1993 the uproar was because the family hadn t got a guilty verdict. the uproar today was because the family finally got a guilty verdict and knew who killed her. the police came to the courts to calm things down and as for david boyd, he will be sentenced at a later date in a few weeks time. he will undoubtedly go to prison for a long time because he thought he got away with it for three decades but when the police came knocking in 2018, they had the evidence against him and now he has been convicted. in terms of hearing from the in terms of hearing from the family, in terms of hearing from the family, in terms of hearing from the family, i assume we haven t had a statement. what have they said over the years? to be fair to sharon, she has never given up, she visited the graveside. she couldn t go into the b