DNA evidence links 13-year-old killer to murder of Rikki Neave

A 13-year-old killer was linked to the murder of a boy aged six almost three decades ago by DNA evidence, a court heard. James Watson, now 40, allegedly strangled Rikki Neave in a wood in 1994 and posed his naked body in a ‘star shape’ before dumping his clothes nearby. His mother was wrongly accused of his murder and was cleared by a jury the Old Bailey heard. It was not until sosphisticated DNA testing was used on Rikki’s clothes…