Nikki Allan, 7, ‘lured to her death’ in 1992, murder trial hears

David Boyd, who denies murder, is accused of repeatedly stabbing Nikki and dumping her body in a derelict building

A man has gone on trial accused of killing a seven-year-old girl more than 30 years ago, and watching as an innocent man was tried for her murder.

David Boyd lured Nikki Allan to an abandoned building near her Sunderland home in 1992, where he stabbed her and beat her about the head with a brick, a court heard on Thursday.