further aggravating factor is your use of two weapons, a brick and a knife, which you took to the scene. in addressing the on the application of schedule 21 i m urged to find that not only is paragraph three not engage but neither is paragraph four and he argues that the knife that you carried was not one which was taken to the scene in the technical sense intended to be conveyed by paragraph four but i reject the submission and i am sure that you took a knife with you to the building and that you intended when you were there to commit an offence of sexual assault and or have the knife available as a weapon, it is not disputed that you used the weapon in committing the murder of nikki allan. paragraph counter is therefore engaged and this finding is overtaken by my earlier conclusion that this is a murder of particular seriousness but the fact that a knife was taken, even a penknife, and it was used, represents a significant aggravating factor which i must take into account.
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 building where he carried out what she described as a frenzied attack on the seven year old girl using a brick and a knife, where he stabbed her multiple times and then dragged her body to the basement of the building to try and hide it, to try and cover his tracks. her body was found the next day by two local residents, such was the outpouring that people scattered around the area to try and find her and her body was found the next day. david boyd was initially interviewed as a witness to the case,
you can release by the parole board. you can be taken down. justice lambert there in court, sentencing david boyd for the murder of nikki allan, the seven year old girl in 1992. he has been sentenced to 29 years in prison. let sjoin our correspondent outside the court. very detailed distressing account, sometimes repeated there by the judge, of what happened to nikki allan in october 1992. judge, of what happened to nikki allan in october 1992. that s right. if ou look allan in october 1992. that s right. if you look at allan in october 1992. that s right. if you look at some allan in october 1992. that s right. if you look at some of allan in october 1992. that s right. if you look at some of the - allan in october 1992. that s right. | if you look at some of the comments she made in her summing up, she said it wasa crime she made in her summing up, she said it was a crime that shocked and bewildered the community for 31 years, that nikki allan was loved, she left a hole in her