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Nikki Allan's 'devastated' mother has slammed the 29-year sentence handed down to her young daughter's killer - and says she would only have been satisfied with a whole life term

David Boyd, 55, was convicted earlier this month of murdering Nikki Allan in 1992 by luring her to a derelict warehouse in Sunderland's East End, beating her with a brick and stabbing her 37 times in the chest

George Heron was wrongly accused of the murder of seven-year-old schoolgirl Nikki, who was found dead in an abandoned warehouse after being stabbed 37 times in the chest. The real killer, David Boyd, has finally been jailed for life.

The mum of seven-year-old Nikki Allan, who was abducted and murdered three decades ago, has spoken of her years of trauma as her daughter's killer David Boyd finally receives justice

Although George Heron was a "weirdo and a loner" to neighbours, he did not kill Nikki Allan and was eventually cleared of murder around one year after the girl's death in Sunderland

David Boyd was this week found guilty of murdering Nikki Allan whose body was found in a derelict warehouse in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, more than 30 years ago

Sharon Henderson became suspicious of David Boyd, nicknamed "Dave the Beast" in the 1990s when he would watch young children playing in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear

Jurors took less than two hours to convict David Boyd of the murder of Nikki Allan, who was battered, stabbed and dumped in a warehouse in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in 1992

David Boyd, 55, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he denies the 1992 murder of seven-year-old Nikki Allan and the jury has seen video footage of his arrest by police

Mum Sharon Henderson, 56, broke down in tears as a murder trial heard how her seven-year-old daughter was found in a blood-covered basement of an abandoned building