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REPLAY. There has been a significant update to the investigation since this episode was released, so we are re-releasing it as a refresher, before a detailed case update is published in several days time.
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Ruth and Dean Neave lived on Redmile Walk in the Welland Estate of Peterborough. Social services were highly involved with the family. The children were placed on the at-risk register, and Ruth was vocal with authorities about not being able to cope — she even threatened that she might hurt her children…
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REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Newcastle Journal - 1st December 1994
Liverpool Echo - 1st December 1994
Newcastle Journal - 5th December 1994
Liverpool Echo - 10th December 1994
Evening Herald (Dublin) - 20th December 1994
Liverpool Echo - 21st December 1994
Liverpool Echo - 19th January 1995
Evening Herald (Dublin) - 19th January 1995
Newcastle Journal - 20th January 1995
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 21st January 1995
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 23rd January 1995
Newcastle Journal - 24th January 1995
Liverpool Echo - 26th January 1995
Liverpool Echo - 9th February 1995
Liverpool Echo - 10th February 1995
Liverpool Echo - 14th February 1995
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 25th May 1995
Newcastle Journal - 26 May 1995
Eastern Daily Express - 23rd July 2015
The Independent - 31st October 1996
Newcastle Journal - 4th November 1995
The Mirror - 9th November 1996
ONLINE ARTICLES
BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41776860
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-44563929
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-33092201
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36985621
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36955975
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36827767
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36085233
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-34841673
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-34829954
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-33268854
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-30250700
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4033271.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-37083661
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-34267382
CPS
https://www.cps.gov.uk/east-england/news/decision-following-reinvestigation-death-rikki-neave
PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/rikki-neave-i-went-to-visit-her-in-prison-and-i-told-her-i-hated-her-1-152867
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/rikki-neave-troubled-childhood-of-the-woman-dubbed-britain-s-most-evil-mother-1-152779
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/rikki-neave-the-sickening-and-senseless-murder-of-the-best-boy-in-the-world-1-152740
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/peterborough-man-arrested-for-the-murder-of-rikki-neave-is-released-by-police-after-more-than-a-year-1-8217111
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/death-crash-dad-high-on-drugs-1-101935
ITV
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2015-11-17/murdered-peterborough-schoolboy-reportedly-seen-with-two-teenage-boys/
CAMBS TIMES
https://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/rikki-neave-murder-case-sensation-police-reveal-forensic-experts-to-carry-out-urgent-tests-on-items-connected-to-the-inquiry-1-5168370
CAMBRIDGESHIRE LIVE
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/specialist-team-called-rikki-neave-13111783
THE SUN
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1497628/child-murder-suspect-who-fled-uk-taunts-police-with-selfies-of-him-living-it-up-in-luxury-in-portugal/
TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/02/rikki-neave-murder-suspect-arrested-in-portugal-after-taking-pic/
WISBECH STANDARD
https://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/was-rikki-neave-the-victim-of-a-bulger-style-killer-that-s-what-his-mum-acquitted-of-his-murder-wants-to-know-1-3822823