BREAKING: David Boyd has been found guilty of the murder of a seven-year-old girl more than 30 years ago in Sunderland Read more here: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Boyd, aged 25 at the time of the killing and now of Chesterton Court, Stockton, Teesside, denied murder but refused to go into the witness box to give evidence.
The next morning Nikki's shoes and coat were found outside the dockside warehouse and her body was found in the basement. Investigators believe Boyd hit Nikki outside the building, then lifted her inside to carry out his attack, during which he left traces of DNA on her clothes.
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