How ‘manipulator and fantasist’ James Watson nearly got away with murder

Detective who led reinvestigation recalls learning decision not to charge suspect had been reversed

James Watson nearly got away with the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave, a retired detective who led the reinvestigation of the 1994 killing has revealed.

Paul Fullwood, a former head of the major crime unit for Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, said prosecutors initially told Watson that no further action would be taken against him as they did not think there was enough evidence, after his arrest in 2016.