Jury trying accused killer of Rikki Neave given majority direction

The jury trying the alleged killer of schoolboy Rikki Neave was given a majority direction today (mon). Six-year-old Rikki was found in woodland in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, stripped naked and left in a ‘star pose’ on 29 November 1994. James Watson, who was 13 at the time but is now 40, denies Rikki’s murder. He was arrested after sophisticated technology found a ‘definitive match’ between his DNA profile and samples taken from Rikki’s clothing after a new investigation was opened into…