Murdered seven-year-old Nikki Allan was 'dumped like a sack of rubbish', trial hears
A seven-year-old girl who was murdered more than 30 years ago was "dumped like a sack of rubbish" in a derelict basement, a court has heard.
"Something happened" which caused her to cry out before being silenced with a slap or punch, jurors heard. He had "got away with it in 1992" because police thought they "had their man" in another neighbour, George Heron, who was tried and cleared of Nikki's murder in 1993, jurors heard. In her directions to the jury, judge Mrs Justice Christina Lambert said the case against Mr Boyd was "circumstantial" and there was "no direct evidence" of his guilt.
The judge said the defence's case was that the "various strands of evidence don't prove" that Mr Boyd killed Nikki, and they were the "result of innocent coincidences".
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