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The mother of a seven-year-old girl who was murdered in 1992 said she thought, "life would mean life" after the killer was jailed for a…

A man who murdered seven-year-old Nikki Allan in Sunderland in 1992 has been jailed for at least 29 years.

David Boyd evaded justice over Nikki Allan's death for decades before DNA was found on her clothing.

David Boyd, 55, was found guilty earlier this month of killing Nikki in Sunderland in 1992.

Saying he had gone to get fish and chips, knowing full well that an innocent man had been arrested and stood trial for nikki allans murder, a trial in which he was acquitted on the direction of the church a year later. it then took the campaign of nikki allans mum, over those 30 years and the advances in dna technology, to be able to link david boyd to this crime, to being found guilty by a jury here a couple of weeks ago and the sentencing we have heard today. find sentencing we have heard tod...

Was a terrible crime that shocked the community, that went unsolved for three decades. nikki allan was a seven—year—old girl who was out on an evening, was cleared by david boyd to a disused building, as we heard there, in sunderland by the dockside, where he attacked her. —— was lured by david boyd. thejudge said she believed he either committed a sexual assault are intended to commit a sexual assault on nikki allan, who fought back and scream, and he managed to get her into the buildin...

Sharon Henderson has suffered terribly in the fight for justice.

At the time was a seven—year—old girl, in 1992. we will shortly hear from the lawyers involved in this case but first, lets go back to our correspondence outside the court. it was clearly the subject of an enormous amount of deliberation as to how exactly, how long exactly the judge was going to sentence david boyd for this murder. yes. judge was going to sentence david boyd for this murder.— judge was going to sentence david boyd for this murder. yes, i mean, its interesting _ boyd for th...

This has been absolutely devastating to the family and their friends. nikki allans dad talked about how he couldnt walk past a building in sunderland where she had been attacked because it was a reminder of his daughters death, even though he lived nearby. he hadnt been able to go to funerals of people he knew because it reminded him of seeing his daughters body in its coffin. her mum talked about how the impact was notjust on her, how david boyd had destroyed her life, had destroyed nikki allan...

Time _ consideration at the time of the time youve spent on remand. iremind— time youve spent on remand. i remind all of those listening that the minimum term isjust that, the minimum term is just that, minimum— the minimum term is just that, minimum term the minimum term isjust that, minimum term which cannot be reduced in any— minimum term which cannot be reduced in any way _ minimum term which cannot be reduced in any way. after those 29 years have _ in any way. after those 29 years hav...