THE devastated mother of murdered schoolgirl Nikki Allan is to sue police after allegations of a bungled investigation that left child sex killer David Boyd free for three decades.
Yesterday Boyd, now 55, was jailed for life with a minimum of 29 years. Nikki's mother, Sharon Henderson, called the sentence "a disgrace".
She stormed out of Newcastle Crown Court with Nikki's sister Stacey, adding: "I thought life would be life. I've been let down again by the justice system and the police force." old Boyd subjected his seven-year victim to "unimaginable terror" in an abandoned warehouse 31 years ago.
There he crushed her skull with a brick before stabbing her 37 times in a frenzied sexually-motivated attack.
He then hoodwinked detectives with a statement pushing them towards their belief that Mrs Henderson's neighbour George Heron was the killer - a position police maintained even after Mr Heron was acquitted in 1993.
Failures
Yesterday, Mrs Henderson announced she had instructed legal charity the Centre for Women's Justice to hold Northumbria Police to account.
She also said the family felt let down at the length of a sentence based on the legal regulations when the offence was committed.
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