The murder of a six-year-old English boy in 1994 has finally been solved after a 41-year-old man was found guilty.
James Watson, who was 13 at the time, had denied strangling and stripping Rikki Neave, whose mother Ruth was originally suspected of the crime, which took place in Peterborough.
Ruth Neave was acquitted of murder in 1995 but was convicted of child cruelty and jailed for seven years.
But the real killer was only unmasked after a cold case review was launched and new DNA evidence emerged.
A jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for more than 36 hours and delivered a majority verdict of 10 against two.
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