A young man who sexually assaulted and tried to rape a woman as she was walking home has been jailed. Maxwell Shelbourne, approached the woman in the early hours of Sunday, January 16 as she was walking home after a night out.
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A man has been jailed for life after murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago.
James Watson, 41, killed Rikki Neave after luring him to the woods near his Peterborough home on November 28, 1994. He tied the boy from behind with either a ligature or anorak collar in order to fulfil a 'morbid fantasy' which he told his mother about three days before the incident.
Watson, aged 13 at the time, stripped Rikki and posed his naked body in a star shape for sexual gratification, apparently "exhibiting" the young boy near a children's woodland den. After an 11-week trial at the Old Bailey, Watson was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life with a minimum term of 15 years.
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After nearly three decades since his murder, Rikki's sister Rebecca maria Harvey has said her brother has finally received justice. She broke down as she addressed the Oil Bailey during Watson's sentencing.
She addressed the horrific killer without using his name, saying: "After all these years of living your life ... you finally get your comeuppance and Rikki Lee Harvey finally gets justice."
She carried on with a tribute to her brother, adding: "Although I was the eldest, it wasn't like that as he would look after me.
"Losing Rikki was like losing the other half of me. I still wake up every day thinking it was a nightmare. I never had a brother to grow up with.
"Rikki is the one who is not here and lost his life, but the effect this had on me and my family is just never-ending. I just cannot understand what happened or why.
"This has been so traumatic, not knowing what happened to him or why. Not only did I lose Rikki, but I lost my whole family.
A young man who sexually assaulted and tried to rape a woman as she was walking home has been jailed. Maxwell Shelbourne, approached the woman in the early hours of Sunday, January 16 as she was walking home after a night out.
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