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R v James Watson sentencing remarks

Judgment Cited authorities 1 Cited in Precedent Map Related
Vincent
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date24 June 2022
Subject MatterCriminal
CourtCrown Court
IN THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
Mrs Justice McGowan
REGINA
-V-
JAMES LEWIS WATSON
SENTENCE
1. The body of Rikki Neave was found by a police officer in a wooded area near
his home in Peterborough on 29 November 1994. He had been throttled by the
collar of his jacket; it had been twisted from the back and used as a ligature to
strangle him.
2. He died quickly and the medical evidence suggests that he was not frightened
and did not struggle. The scientific evidence shows that he had walked into the
woods wearing his shoes. After his death he was stripped naked and his body
was laid out on the ground, spreadeagled with his arms and legs outstretched.
3. His clothing was later found in a dustbin outside a nearby house. A button was
missing from his school uniform shirt. A matching button was found on a leaf
near the body, showing clearly that he had been undressed at that location.

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