James Watson has been jailed for 15 years for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave in 1994
James Watson was 13 when he lured schoolboy Rikki to woods near his home in Peterborough and strangled him to fulfil a "morbid fantasy" he had told his mother about three days before.
The judge said he would only ever be released after serving the minimum term of 15 years - less the more than two years spent in custody - and once the Parole Board was satisfied he would no longer present a risk to the public. "Rikki's murder left a massive hole in our lives and in our hearts. I miss him so much that it feels like I have had my heart ripped out."She said: "Although I was the eldest, it wasn't like that as he would look after me.Addressing Watson, but not using his name, she said: "After all these years of living your life you finally get your comeuppance, and Rikki Lee Harvey finally gets justice.
His lying account was unchallenged, as police wrongly focused on a theory that Ms Neave killed her son and used a buggy to dump his body.
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