‘Nothing mattered more’: Nikki Allan mother’s 31-year fight for justice

Sharon Henderson’s campaign to see her daughter’s killer jailed has come at great personal cost

For Sharon Henderson, bringing the killer of her daughter Nikki Allan to justice has been an all-consuming, personally ruinous three-decade mission. “While there was still breath in my body, I would never have stopped until the man who killed Nikki was found,” she said.

“Nothing mattered more in my life than seeing justice for her. Over these 30 years, I have been through hell. I’ve fought against problems with alcohol and I’ve been sectioned in a psychiatric hospital. But I knew I’d get him, one way or another, however long it took … I’d see him locked up.”