A police artist's sketch of a suspect in the murder of a seven-year-old girl in 1992 bears a 'striking resemblance' to the man standing trial for her murder, a court has heard
A police artist's sketch of a suspect in the murder of a seven-year-old girl in 1992 bears a"striking resemblance" to the man standing trial for her murder, a court has heard.David Boyd, who was 25 at the time, is accused of her murder and is standing trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
The jury was shown a sketch, produced by a police artist based on the testimony of a witness, just four days after the murder on 7 October 1992. Margaret Hodgson saw a girl skipping to catch up with a man walking ahead of her in the area on the night of the killing, jurors were told. Prosecutor Richard Wright KC, when he opened the case last Thursday, said the sketch based on her evidence bore a"striking resemblance" to photos of Boyd taken around the time. The photographs were also shown to the jury.Prosecutors argued grainy footage, also played in court, was of Boyd walking with Nikki Allan to the sceneThe defendant, who is now 55, is accused of murdering the schoolgirl in a derelict building near the flats where they lived separately in Hendon, Sunderland.
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