GUILTY UK - Rikki Neave, 6, murdered, Peterborough, 28 Nov 1994 *Arrest*

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missacorah said:
Hi Docwho and Kazzbar and thank you for taking the time to raed up on this case.

In answer to your question Docwho I do not recall ever saying that I thought Ruth Neave was innocent and after double checking can confirm that nope I indeed never did! The points you raised in your post were spot on and ones I agree with. I read up on this case extensively yesterday and am under the impression Ruth Neave either comitted or was involved with her sons death.
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Guess you were wrong huh
 
www.bbc.co.uk

Rikki Neave police 'ignored scientific evidence'

Original 1994 police inquiry ignored evidence and instead made murder case against boy’s mother, BBC finds.
www.bbc.co.uk

A BBC investigation has found that police ignored scientific evidence to build a case against his mother, leaving his killer free for more than 20 years.
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Prof Tony Brown, a forensic scientist from Southampton University who helps solve crimes by looking at pollen in mud, had been asked by police to examine Rikki's clothes.
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"I focused on the right shoe because that had mud on the positive tread and that is significant. The ridges underneath your shoes, the positive tread, don't normally have mud on them as soon as you go on to tarmac or a pavement or a hard surface."
He concluded that "the shoes had walked into the wood but hadn't walked out again - and that's critical".


I really hope that wouldn't happen today - whatever you may think of the mother's parenting skills (terrible), ignoring what appears to be pretty clear evidence to try and frame the convenient target is not justice, and as we've seen, can result in the actual killer going free for decades.
 
The convicted killer of Rikki Neave is possibly to have his case looked at by appeal judges.


Killer jailed for life for murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave, 6, can appeal conviction

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Killer jailed for life for Rikki Neave's murder allowed to appeal conviction

James Watson, now 41, was jailed in June last year for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave, whose body was found in woodland five minutes from his home in Welland, Peterborough in 1994
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A man found guilty of murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago has been granted leave to appeal his conviction by judges.

 
RichardKimble said:
The convicted killer of Rikki Neave is possibly to have his case looked at by appeal judges.


Killer jailed for life for murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave, 6, can appeal conviction

www.mirror.co.uk

Killer jailed for life for Rikki Neave's murder allowed to appeal conviction

James Watson, now 41, was jailed in June last year for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave, whose body was found in woodland five minutes from his home in Welland, Peterborough in 1994
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk

A man found guilty of murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago has been granted leave to appeal his conviction by judges.

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hopefully it will fail. He has put the family through hell for decades and continues to do so :(
 
Appeal decision.

James Watson -v- the King - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Neutral citation number: [2023] EWCA Crim 1016 Case number: 202201554 B3 In the Court of Appeal, Criminal DivisionOn appeal from the Central Criminal CourtMrs Justice McGowanT20207051 4 September 2023 Before: The Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, Criminal DivisionLord Justice Holroyde,Mr...
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